Johnny Maraccas and the travelling band

Hola chicos! let me start this blog off with a shout out to everyone at ERC...I definitely found a poster of ERC in the middle of Barcelona...we truly are the global citizens that everyone speaks about I just got back from Valencia, the third largest city in Espana. In addition to its amazing architecture, this city made an interesting planning choice in the 50s. A major river used to run right through the city which in medieval times was a moat to protect the castle from intruders. However, after expanding past this river in present times, the river became a nuisance as every time there was major rainfall, it would flood. At one point, it flooded so badly that many homes were destroyed and people lost their lives. The city said, "SCREW THAT RIVER" so they took it out and rerouted it around the city and made a giant running park through the city where the river used to be...I know crazy.

I also found my fraternity name on top of

a church...

well thefraternity name plus a few letters...it looks like Lambda Chi Alpha Chi Lambda haha. At night we went out seeking a bar and wound up at a place called Johnny Maraccas. The bar tenders quickly took to us because we got there before anyone else and decided to give us a bunch of

instruments to play haha. It was amazingly fun! The drink of choice in Valencia is called "Agua de Valencia." It is basically a memosa with a twist and you get it by the pitcher. It was amazing. I definitely ate someone elses dessert that was sitting at the bar too...haha good times. I am super excited for my upcoming trip to Dublin, Ireland which I am going to be booking soon where I get to visit none other than Cassie Kerkhoff.

I just got off of Skype with Scott, Adithya, Bree, Erin, Deepak, Omead, and Jason and I must say that you guys truly are some of the best friends that I could ask for! I cannot wait until we all reunite again! It is going to be off the hook.