Exploring the City on my last day of Freedom.

Last night was one of the biggest buzzkills of my life and certainly the biggest one of the trip thus far. Before the night got started I had emailed a friend who had studied abroad here in Barca a few semesters ago (Darcy, for those of you who know her) and she hooked it up with a list of the best pre-bar bars, shot bars, beer bars, after-bar bars and every type of club imaginable. Also, she hooked me up with a local club promoter. I obviously immediately facebooked him and within minutes he gave me a list of places to see and be seen on a Monday night along with his number for future tips. So we were all set on going to the bar Chupistos (means 'shot' in spanish) first followed by clubbing at Apollo. Apparently its the club to be at if your trying to get down on a Monday night. So after setting up our intinerary, getting ready, pre-gaming with the girls down the hall, we set out for our night. By the way, I was in a room with like 12 girls all getting ready and drinking their screwdrivers.....it was really intense. I have probably never been in a room with that many girls in my entire life. Never again. I'm used to being in Madison where I'm one of what...like 4 girls....among about 25 boys. Now that's a ratio I can live with. So, needless to say a small dorm room of that many girls takes about 1.5 hours to actually leave after it is initially decided that its time to leave. So end of the story....we missed the last train into the city and desparately tried to call cabs to no avail. So my roommate Margaret and I have learned an important lesson: Pre-game with boys.