año nuevo

sometime around 9am this morning i wondered why i was still awake. and then i remembered....ahhh....my first new years eve in spain. amanda and i knew it would be a long night, but really! it started around 9pm when susanna and loli arrived with enough crepes and chips for my whole neighborhood. we ate and hung out till the magic moment came and THEN...the twelve grapes....yes ladies and gentlemen...that is how we usher in the new year. we stuff 12 (seeded!) grapes in our mouth for the last 12 seconds of 2005. if you get them all down then you are going to have good luck all of 2006. let's just say i might be in for trouble. i was too distracted laughing at the ladies to chew...ah well. we then went to michael collins (irish pub in one of the above pics) where we go most saturdays to listen to live music. we got about 3 hours of pure elvis goodness. yes...grapes and elvis! doesn't that say happy new year to you?! anyways it was fun. all in all an interesting first new years. i'm paying for it today (i think i've had at least my weight in coffee today) but i've made it to my second calendar year in spain! if you want to see more pics and a more organized version of our evenning you can check out amanda's blog at: http://www.captivatedbygrace.blogspot.com feliz año nuevo!