A day to remember...

Let me first just say thank you to all of you! Even though I am very far away from most of you, I have never had a birthday where I felt so loved by the people who care about me! Thanks for all of your comments and emails, they meant the world to me!

Ill let you know what went on that night! Earlier in the day my parents gave me a beautiful dress to wear with a pin that said 21! I was also greeted by my aunt an uncle with a boquet of roses. So first we went to a French restaurant called El Bistro, which I had found earlier that day, and after looking at the menu for about 5 seconds decided we would go there. We had wonderful wine, and for starters an appetizer that is called croquets, basically it was bree cheese with a crispy outside, drizzeled with honey. YUM! Then I had steak with bernaise and asparagus....again, YUM! It was absolutely delicious! We then moved on to a jazz club where we sat, had some drinks, and listened to a spanish jazz band with a trumpet, trombone, and drums. They were great! They even sang in English! Then my parents and sis accompianed me to a dance club where a bunch of my friends came to hang out! they had about one beer and then decided to leave, cause it was about 130 at that point, but it was great cause they got to meet a ton of my friends. We had a few drinks and then at about 3 we left for a discoteca, which was awesome! I think we left there around 5 am, cause i had to stay at my friends´house cause the metro doesnt start till 6am. But yea, it was absolutely a day I will never forget!

Tomorrow I am really excited because my internship is participating in an event to count all of the homeless people in Madrid. This is an amazing oppertunity for me and my research! I have been learning a lot, and am excited to start writing my paper in July.

This Sunday i meet up with my parents again and were off to Barcelona and Lisboa! I am so excited you dont even know! I have had two friends from home go to Lisbon, and both of them have told me how Portuguese I look! I am so excited to get in touch with a part of my ancestry, to see the culture that my grandparents came from!

There are a bunch of new pics up, and I know I have to say this or else Ill get in trouble, but Mere took some of them! There is also a great pic of my mom and dad that you should see.

What Ive learned: you have to live every moment to the fullest! I already feel like my time here is slipping away! I want to take advantage of every oppertunity that i have here, and am excited to keep learning.

Paz y Amor,
Kelly