Sangria on the Beach

So, Spain was pretty awesome. We got there, and it was actually warm! I'd forgotten what that was like in Ireland. We ended up on the wrong bus, without knowing it, but luckily some nice lady who also spoke English heard us freaking out and told us the other buses and stuff we had to get on. So we got to the hostel, all settled in, and walked along the beach, which was 1/2 a block away from our hostel, it was amazing! And the people at the hostel were really nice too. My roomate was from Argentina. It was the off season, but apparently Palma de Mallorca, the Island we were on, is a huge destination for German partiers,like our spring break stuff. We saw a huge 'super pub' called Mega Park, it was a huge beerhall thing. We had schnitzel in there, it was ok. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
So we got there, walked around a little, and ended up at a cool Italian place. The old guy taking care of us must have been bored, cuz he kept coming over and doing magic tricks and stuff, or pull a fake gun on one of us, or give someone an exploding pen, or give us 75% shots, it was pretty crazy. After that we got a few things of Sangria and this thing called Shandy, which is half beer half lemonade. No one else liked them, but I thought they were really good. We drank them at the beach at night, which was beautiful, and just hung around.
The next day was pretty much spent at the beach drinking sangria with these huge straws. There are pictures on the blog. It was awesome. There was a grocery store right across the beach, and a gallon of Sangria was like 2 euro. Oh if only we had those prices in Ireland!! So we did that, we read, we talked, we jumped in the water (which was cold! It wasn't really super-warm on the beach yet), made a sandcastle, and drank more sangria. We ended up taking a nice long nap after it got cold out, then going into the city. Stuff was closing, so we ate at McDonald's (for Shame!) and ended up at this hole in the wall ex-pat pub, that was kinda nice. I had a Caronita, and they offered a lime, but put a lemon in. Ahh, well. Couldn't stay long cuz we had to hit the last bus, but it was good.
Next day we went to the beach, Dan and Carolin (his German Girlfriend) had to leave, so we spent the day with them on the beach, then when they left we took another Siesta. Sitting in the sun really takes a lot out of you! We went to the German Beer hall for lunch, and because it was the offseason everything was like 30% off. I had the schnitzel, which was like breaded pork, but it was just ok. For dinner we bought wine and cheese and baguettes and ham and sat on the beach and watched the waves and ate...it was heavenly. At night we got some drinks and had White Russians, which were really good, and played cards and stuff. Pretty chill.
Next day, it was cold and windy, so we didn't' spend to much time at the beach, but we went into the city to shop around and stuff. We had Tapas, which are appetizer thingys. Not bad. Got back, had more bread and cheese in the room this time, because the girls were too cold, then we had black russians, because we still had all the stuff left for russians, just no milk, so we got coke instead. Then, the awesomeness happened. We decided to go out to this cocktail bar the hostel recommended. So we went, and it was a Canadian guy, John, who owned it. He was really nice, gave us a free shot to sip on while we were deciding, and gave us good, off-season prices (4 euro for a drink instead of 6) So we were excited. And Cielito used to work as a bartender, so she was asking about all these drinks, what he had for ingredients, and that stuff. He didn't have any limes, but we had bought like 5 for our drinks beforehand, and only used one, so she ran off to get limes to make mojijtos for us! He had her get behind the bar, gave her mint and rum and she used our limes, and made us and him one. And then she stayed behind the bar all night, pouring drinks for the 10 or so people that were there, and also for us. It was awesome! John was so cool, Cielito kept feeding us drinks all night, there was actually good music on, and there were funny austin powers pick-up lines in the bathroom. It couldn't have gotten much better! But wait, it does! At the end of the night, he was like '15 euro, we'll call it even.' We must have drank at least 100 euro worth of alcohol between the three of us (well, two of us, Brette didn't really drink to much), but we only had to pay 15! In fact, we went to another pub afterwards with him and I bought him a beer, and our two beers came out to almost that much, for 2 beers! And we were drinking all night! it was great! Everything you wish to happen to you at a bar, and it did. AMAZING times. There are a few pictures, and Cielito's going to make a drink list of everything we had that night, so I'll put that up later.
Needless to say, I wasn't feeling to great the next morning, but I didn't have to throw up or anything, so I'll count it as a victory. And the hostel had a great breakfast, which helped, too. So the last day we got up, walked around Palma for a bit, the girls did some shopping, we had some nice sandwiches which were called something, but I forget, and we headed for home. Plane ride was fine, got back safe and sound, and here we are!

Next trip is Ireland with the Parents!!

Drink List (for all of us, I didn't have that many on my own)

3 shots apple schnapps
2 beers
3 super strong mojitos
2 japanese slippers
2 appletinis
1 cheeky monkey
1 squashed frog
1 screaming orgasm
3 shots sambuca
2 flaming sambuca shots
3 jagerbombs
3 kiwi drip tray shots

and here are the pictures

Spain