España y Portugal

Ok so tomorrow morning I'm taking off to Iberia for an awesome trip full of adventure, good laughs, and good friends (and tapas!). I made this little map on google so that you can see all the places that I'm going to be going before March 18th.

So why Spain? Is it TMI to tell you that I was conceived there? Well, even if it is, it's true. My parents lived there for about 5 years before I was born and they moved back to the Bay Area only a few months before I made my entrance into the world. I grew up hearing a lot about Spanish culture and as I've mentioned before, I was even a flamenco dancer for Halloween when I was 5 or 6. If I had a picture of it, rest assured that I would let you see it. I also spent about 8 hours in the Madrid Barajas airport in the Spring of 2002 on my way to Italy. So I actually already have a stamp in my passport from Spain and I think that I inhaled enough second hand smoke during those 8 hours to take a significant number days off my life, so it totally counts, right? I think so - who cares what you think. :)

I do have a few goals on this trip:

• See a bullfight
• Dance the flamenco
• Ride a camel in flippin' Africa. I mean...riding the camels at Marine World Africa USA isn't quite the same as riding one in Africa.
• Come back alive.

See you all in a few weeks!