Day 17

Yes, I'm skipping over a few days. I'm not going to write about the Kilmainham Jail visit (WAY too depressing) or our PR site visit with CARR Communications. Instead, I'm getting straight to the meet of our four-day weekend trip...

BARCELONA.

Before you read my blog on our adventures in Barca, please see some VERY important “Ashley’s Travel Tips:”

Travel Tip #4- Toilet paper and soap apparently do not exists in clubs in Barcelona. Yes, you must bring your own wet-ones, wipes or whatever will protect you from getting malaria for choosing to use those bathrooms anyways.

I recommend a handy-dandy “Clubbin’ First Aid Pack” equipped with tissue, sanitizer, and band aids for the occasional “dancing in heels” fiasco.

If you have room in your purse (or murse for any of our European male clubbers out there), then I also suggest slipping eye drops in your bag as clubs don’t shut down until 6am, so you’ll be watching the sunrise.

Travel Tip #5- Neon shorts DO NOT exist outside the U-S-of-A. Sure, we all have our sorority moments, and I may or may not have packed a few pairs of neon and Nike shorts for giggles, but don’t wear them on the streets of Barcelona.

Not only will you receive stares and sly comments, but you’ll also be deemed as “that girl” on La Ramba that is CLEARLY from the states.

Travel Tip #6- If you’re eating out on a budget in Spain (or possibly other parts of Europe as well) McDonalds kids meal is an EXCELLENT choice! No, I’m not some die-hard McCee D’s fan, but when you can get a cheeseburger, potato wedges (yes, not your normal French fries but amazing wedges) a drink AND an ice-cream sundae for all of 3.75 euro, you’re looking at a primetime dinner plan that won’t break your wallet.

PLUS, this allows for more purchases of sangria…that’s why we’re here in the first place, right?

Texas Fight yall.