All She Wants To Do Is Dance: travel

Friends I made: Little Daniel, Rosie Posey (both pictured above with Venessa and Antonio), Ana the baker, Cartero the postman, Espinete the juvenile detention worker, Pedro Pollo, Dominguez the physicist/teacher, Mummy, Modesto, Jeffrey the business student, Braxton the physics professor, Nick the golfer, Jason, Tina the Child Psychiatrist, 2 old guys from Madrid; Cartero and friends are pictured below

Cities visited: Madrid, Almeria, Mojacar, Segovia, Toledo, Alcala, Atlanta airport

Books read: Sedaris-When You Are Engulfed in Flames; The Lonely Planet Travel Guide: Spain; Delta SkyMall, newest People mag (Gosselin family, you are a hot mess. Please uninvite the press in your lives and save the face you’ve got left. Like, maybe your noses or left eyeballs. All 10 of them.)

Soccer games watched: 2; US wins: 1

Parties attended: Mojacar Fiesta; Madrid Chocolate Festival, Spanish Inquisition Torture Weaponry Festival; choc fest pictured below

Things lost, broken, or stolen: 3- One bag (broken), one wallet (broken), one passport (lost and/or stolen), my dignity

Things gained and found: Renewed interest in travel, replacement passport, one hangover (surprisingly), 3 dresses, one skirt, 2 framed maps of Europe, one gorgeous fan from Segovia, 4 Espana trinkets, 1 snow globe, 1 shot glass, two shirts, one pair of work pants, 2 sets of meeeow undergarments (I clearly LOVE H & M or ache y eme as it is known en Espana), 3 pieces of pottery from Toledo, my dignity, one sleepless night, 5 lbs, 4 bottles of vino, one useless and inaccurate wrinkled Toldeo map, Issey Miyakey-Drop of Cloud perfume, 8 stones from the Mediterranean Sea (these were nearly rejected; I had to check them at baggage), one MADRID-MADRID-MADRID bag, one khaki hat, one guidebook from the Museo del Prado, knowledge about art, Spanish history and geography, 2 airplane sleep masks

Movies watched: Last Chance Harvey (awful), Sweet Home Alabama (always a fav), New in Town (decent), An American President (good!), Obsessed (creepy), Taken (creepier), National Treasure 3 (eh), Hot Fuzz (funny!), The Reader (wow), Milk (double wow), Two Lovers (good), one Family Guy episode (perfect), one million music videos (amazing!)

Food and drink consumed: Bread, cheese, olives, olive oil, donuts, churros y chocolate, salad, rice, tomatoes, ice cream, Coca-Cola Light, sangria (lots!), San Miguel cerveza, fibre flakes y leche, marzipan, gazpacho, cider, Burger King, Taco Bell, Subway, Spanish tortillas (eggs and potato quiche), veggie lo mein, pizza, Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup (2), one gratis guilt sandwich from Delta Airlines billed as vegetable, contents include hard-boiled eggs, butter, cheese, tomatoes, and lettuce. Sick. I am sure the legit vegetarians were very pleased with their entrée.

Cathedrals visited: All that exist in the entire country (it seemed J)