Espana: The first 24 hours..........

HOLA! We are here and we are having a great time! My first few hours in Girona were welcoming. Jonathan and I checked into the hotel, and then went out for some tapas. We went to this tiny bar where they just lay out the tapas (sausage, crab meat, cheese and prosciutto, soft cheese and bread) on the bar and each piece has a toothpick. So you eat as much as you want and then tell the bartender how many toothpicks you have and how many glasses of wine and they charge you the appropriate amount. Talk about the honor system.

We met a brilliant couple at the bar who we started to talk with.... well you know we were basically playing charades and speaking like 4yr olds in Spainish. We soon learned there we other languages to add to the mix.... so Jonathan started listing off other languages and found out the husband knew Italian, so while he was speaking to the husband I was trying to communicate with Maria his wife in my form of Spanglish. 2 words in Spanish and they one word in English. We could understand most of what they were saying, and they were quite patient with us as we flipped through our Lonely Planet phrase book. It turns out they are both hairdressers and proceeded to point out my hair and give me their card. It was hysterical.