Today was a day for the books. I went to bed past midnight and was up by 6:30 for a meeting before breakfast. We then took everyone over to the tournament facilities where our teams played very well. We came back to the hotel mid day for lunch and then the supporters decided to go on an adventure! A handful of us decided to go to an IceBar in Barcelona. We wound up taking a train into the city and walking around downtown. It was AMAZING. I want to come back here soon! The best way I can think to put it is, it felt very Spanish.
There were street vendors and tapas restaurants everywhere! We unfortunately had a bit of a schedule so we pressed on to the icebar! A few more trains and we finally had found our destination!
The Ice Bar in Barcelona is literally on the beach. You head in and there were some drums and a regular bar, but towards the back there was a separate ice room! You put on a big fluffy coat and gloves that they give you and go inside. It comes with a drink so I got a "Sex on the Ice" in a cup that was actually made of ice! We all had a blast! What an experience!
After taking advantage of the free wifi for ten minutes or so (Our hotel's wifi is a joke), we decided to start making our way back to the hotel which turned out to be an adventure in and of itself. We took a couple subway trains to get to the main train to take us back to Blanes (near Lloret de Mar) to get to our hotel. We made it to the station but we had a heck of a time figuring out what train to take! They didn't have any maps, just screens showing what the next train was and when it left. We figured it out eventually. Once we were finally on our train back, we met some... interesting characters. I'll skip the details but let's just say it was an experience.
When we got back there was magically a bus waiting for us! We assumed we would have to take a taxi since we were told that the last bus should have left hours ago. Awesome! Then we got tapas to take the edge off since we hadn't eaten in several hours . We had a few funny experiences - they gave me a glass with just one cylindrical ice cube... why just the one? It was amusing. We also ordered a glass of sangria and were given a pitcher. Oh no. We had fun and walked back to the hotel - it was time for bed!
Or so I thought. I ended up getting in a conversation with some dutch coaches wherein they had me say every dutch word or phrase I knew. Unfortunately my dutch vocabulary consists of words that a 5 year old Malena values - Santa and Christmas songs haha. It was a good time, however because of an impromptu meeting I didn't get in bed until almost 3am!! Crazy. But I'm actually doing alright. I feel fine. That will catch up soon, I'm sure.
Malena
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