It's Barcelona Baby

It has felt so good to stay in one place for a week! It's nice learning your way around and actually feeling like you know where your going for once.

January first I said goodbye to Chels and headed on my way. I checked into Sant Jordi Familia hostel and quickly made myself at home. It's a beautiful big hostel with a super fun atmosphere.
I picked up seem groceries and made myself some dinner and had a fairly quiet evening.

Day 2 of being here two girls moved into my 4 bed dorm room, Alissa and Sarah from North Dakota United States. They were really vibrant and fun and just on holidays for a week. Their energy to explore was infectious so the next few days were filled with all kinds of fun adventures!
I find it so interesting how the universe unfolds as well as within a few minutes of talking they told me their friend was coming to join them and she lives on Mallorca island, and they were going back with her to visit. Wellllll.....turns out thats where I just booked a flight to as I'm going to meet with a state of the art Dressage stable there for an interview as they are looking for a barn manager/trainer. How exciting and what a neat surprise! So I felt I was on the right track!
The following day I headed to explore and went on a walking tour while the girls waited for their friend to arrive. I meandered through the narrow windy streets of the old town Gothic quarter and eventually made my way around the shops of La Rambla. I picked up a super nice Barcelona polo shirt that I'd been bordering with the guy for 2 days about. Got it for half price so I was pleased :)
When I returned back to the hostel the girls had headed out for dinner and it wasn't long after their friend (who was hours and hours late) finally arrived. It gave us time to talk and get to know one another. Just like Sarah and Alissa she was super happy, outgoing and fun. I picked her brain about living on Mallorca and what she thinks of being in Spain. We hit it off so well she offered me to crash with her the girls for the time I'm there! Soooo nice of her! I had a hostel booked but paid for cancellation protection, just incase, and look what unfolded! YAY!!
When the other 2 came back after dinner we visited and headed downstairs to join the Tuesday Crazy Party night put on by the hostel they do every night. Barcelona nightlife is something else! You can head to the pubs ect around 11 but don't bother showing up at a club before 1 as its dead!!! From there they party til the weeee hours of the morning.
We went to a quaint little pub first where it was 3.50 to pour your own drink which often ended up in mostly alcohol with very little mix haha. They served little bowls of popcorn and we got to meet people from the other Sant Jordis hostel. We partook in some floppy cup and had a great time! From there we went to a little Spannish place and then onto a club. The names always tend to become a blur and remembering the, is no easy feat haha.
We found our way home around 5 am....this being an early night! Partying here takes stamina, something I clearly don't have, especially when I'm still battling this damn cold bug.

After being up so late as we didn't go to bed right away when we got home the girls and I slept most of the next day away haha. I think we finally pulled ourselves out from under the covers around 2 pm. Our room has these blinds that totally black everything out so it makes it way too easy to sleep in!
After getting ready and getting some food we headed back to La Rambla to walk around and head to the beach.
After our day out I opted to have another night in as my cold is really cramping my style and I need to love myself better!
The girls were flying to Palma tomorrow, Thursday and I will meet them there on Friday. Thankfully I met them too as all along my plan was to rent a car since the barn I need to et to is almost an hour away from where I fly into....completely forgetting I no longer hold my drivers license because it was amounts my things that got stolen. The lovely Sarah offered to run to my rescue and rent the car for me, so with a little coordinating this should all unfold with ease.....I hope!
I have 4 days to spend on the island and at the moment my interview is scheduled for Monday. So wish me luck! Not sure what will come of it, if they are interested in going through the proces of hiring someone internationally or if they will be willing to wait for me to return home to get my things in order before returning to start to work....but it's a step in the right direction. I love Spain and think it would be amazing to spend some time living here and practicing up on learning some Spanish!
I'll keep you posted as to how things unfold the next few days :)
Hope all is well back home....miss you all and I only have 13 travels days left if I'm home on the 19th!!!
See you soon then :)