Happy Birthday!

I have had "Happy Birthday" sung to me in 4 different languages... I'd count that as a good birthday!

We started the festivities this morning at 1am when we started out to the club. At the door, the nice man waved the cover charge for all of us because it was my birthday. Then when we were inside, the bartender gave us all a free shot and then a free bottle of champagne in the VIP section. Needless to say, we were off to a good start. Brie and Lace's first time at a club was a success! The bar was hoppin' and reminiscent of Vegas, with lights that tend to make the dance floor seem like a constant sezure and people dancing so close that really the whole club is doing one constant side-to-side movement.

We met a man from Paris that sang me happy birthday in French, a spanish man who sang it in spanish, and a Swedish man who sang to me on the street (which I don't remember due to all the free birthday drinks).

Nursing a extremely bad hangover, all of today was spent mostly in bed. But when we finally emerged, we went to a fantasic dinner of seafood at this place that is the "oldest tavern in Barcelona". They are not afraid of their seafood here and we all spent some time braking the heads off our food and picking bones out of fish, but it was still fantastic.

At the end of dinner the girls sang me happy birthday in Spanish and then in English with the ENTIRE restaurant joining in. Then came the best part: presents. I received a bracelet that I loved in Paris and the girls went back to get it without my knowledge... And... They all got us tickets to a flamenco dance show in Madrid. It was perfect! I'm beyond excited and feel very lucky to have such great family and friends.

Another one down, here is to 23!