friday night [barcelona, spain]

We decided to go first to a club nearby called Opium, but they weren't letting people in who weren't on the list (aka Americans). I don't know if the American thing was the real reason or not, but assuming it is: One, that's complete discrimination and would never ever fly in America - a club not letting people in because of their race. Two, as wrong as it is, I can almost see why. There was a huge group of obnoxious girls yelling and whining to be let in, in English of course, all being loud and rude. It's really embarassing actually. We gave up and moved on to a new club.

We took a taxi (once again, so unnecessary but everyone refuses to use the metro) to a club called Catwalk at Puerto Olimpico. It was a pretty good time, though the drinks were 10 Euro each, and we met up with our random mix of new guy friends. We all had a good time dancing and left at about 3am.

We decided to take the night bus home, cheap so I was very happy. We were all sitting on the bus, a few of the guys standing up, and all of a sudden the driver rear-ended a van, sending the three guys standing up into a pile at the front of the bus. Other than a twisted ankle, nobody got hurt, thank God, but the bus driver started yelling at the guys!! After he rear-ended someone!! Luckily for the bus driver these guys come from a less aggressive culture, because all they did was yell back a bit and then get off the bus. It was so unbelievable - if I was a guy, I would have seriously injured that man. Such a jerk.

So finally we got a cab to go home and the cab driver drove in a huge circle instead of just turning left (a 3.50 Euro circle) and "got lost" getting us home, going all over the place and pretending he didn't know the address. It ended up being 12 Euros, which is way more than it should have been. We all noticed it and were telling him that we knew he was ripping us off but the other girls weren't as bold as I would have been alone, because I really wouldn't have paid him at all. Especially after that first awful cab ride, I've been more aware of it and always feel like they're adding extra mileage, but this was just blatant. They really just take advantage of tourists here. It's kind of disheartening but you have to get over it or you'll never enjoy yourself.