It Figueres that I'd go to the Dali museum

Ouch. The Pun Police are hot on my tail for that one! Yesterday I went to Figueres, in the Costa Brava region of Spain that's about 2 hours north of Barcelona. My friend Jenny and I scoped out the Dali museum, which I was not that excited about because I never was a huge fan of Dali's work when I studied it in school. But it blew me away! It's in this old theatre, and everything was created and curated by Dali himself. Some of the things were very trippy, such as the room devoted to Mae West with a huge couch in the shape of red lips, and a gigantic portrait that when you look at it one way is his muse/soulmate Gala, and at second glance is Abraham Lincoln!

The town wasn't much to write home about, just the museum and some mediocre restaurants. But I was so glad I went! Surprisingly it wasn't even that crowded on a Saturday morning. Afterwards, I went over to the Fundacion de Mejores Amigos (Best Buddies) to volunteer for an event. I had met with the director Emma the other week to see if I could be paired with a Buddy but you have to make a year commitment which I can't do, but she suggested I stop by yesterday to help with the first event of the group, as it's only about 3 months old in Barcelona. I almost bailed because I was so nervous, but I was so GLAD I went! There were about 6 pairs of Buddies there, and I got a free t-shirt and a badge and was the person to escort the guests to the conference room! I also was paired with a girl for the day since her Buddy wasn't able to make it, and it was so great. I tried to hold my own in Spanish but sometimes I got so nervous about if what I was saying was correct, so I probably sounded like a babbling idiot. Ah well! It was only about an hour or so, and it was nice to volunteer again. The director, Emma, is about my age and is fluent in Catalan, English and Castellano, no big deal. Great afternoon!

I ended the lovely saturday by meeting up with Jenny again and we went to the Born area to this near Xampanyet, where they have cheap cava and champagne, and then meandered to a few other bars where we ran into a huge group of kids from Northeastern University in Boston. Of course! Can't escape Americans, it seems.

Now it's off to see Sexo en Nueva York 2, very excited!