july 8. 2010.

This has been the hottest week I can remember. Driving home from work today, a sign read 102 degrees. Yesterday it was 99. The day before that it was 101. Sleeping in my 3rd floor apartment feels like god smote me and sent me to hell. Playing softball made me feel like I lost the game, or like everyone was pointing at me and saying "Your team" because I was so sweaty and red. Picture this being my whole body...

Sexy, I know.

Anyways, as you all know, this blog is really about Spain and the adventures I have there and around Europe. I figure since I am new to blogging, as they say, I need to practice before I arrive in said country. So, an update into my travel plans:

I already have my first trip planned and booked, before I even get to Spain. My friend, Jamie, and I are departing JFK August 25 at 10 pm and arriving in London at 10am the next day. We are staying at Smart Russell Square hostel (left). We already planned our itinerary too, and it looks like it's going to be 3 days of jet lag combined with shameless tourist activities (ie. Big Ben, Parliament, Stonehenge) and hopefully some pub and club hopping.

After all that excitement, I head to Santander, Spain on August 29. Santander will be my home for the next year.

Also, plans are in the works for Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. Oktoberfest is actually mainly in September, who knew?

Anyways, everything is still fairly far away, physically and chronologically. Is that even right? So I don't know, how is that for my first entry? Pretty boring, eh? I will try to spice my next ones up with some more sarcasm, profanity and drunken debauchery, I sure cursed enough trying to get the pictures where I wanted them. As for now, 48 days and counting.

And GO SPAIN! You are taking home the world cup this year! I know it, at least until I have to eat my words this Sunday.