CARNAVAL

CARNAVAL IS A GRAN FIESTA CELEBRATED ALL OVER IN SPAIN, HOWEVER IN ALICANTE THEY REALLY THROW A GOOD ONE! CARNAVAL OFFICIALLY STARTED ON FRIDAY, HOWEVER THE REAL BIG FIESTA IN THE STREETS WAS SATURDAY. MY FRIENDS AND I SHOPPED AROUND FOR COSTUMES- HOWEVER WITH NOT MANY EURO TO MY NAME I DECIDED THAT A MASK WOULD DO JUST THE TRICK- A PEACOCK MASK OF GREENS AND REDs. I WAS PLANNING ON BEING A BIRD OF SOME TYPE, HOWEVER WHEN the SATURDAY OF CARNAVAL CAME, SO DID THE RAIN. SO I WAS LEFT TO WEAR MY CLASSIC CHEETAH PAJAMAS AND THE PEACOCK MASK- STANDARD MARISA MOMENT (I KNOW the ANNEX MISSES THOSE PJ’S?) ANYWAYS AFTER MANY ODD LOOKs AND LAUGHS FROM MY PARENTS I WAS OFF TO CARNAVAL. THE STREETs WERE NUTS, PEOPLE EVERYWHERE- EVERYWHERE IN AN ARRAY OF COSTUMES- FROM CHEETAHS, TO CLOWNS, TO DUFF’S BEER, TO BABIES, TO GIRAFFES- YOU NAME IT, I SAW IT. I STARTED MY NIGHT OFF AT PUB WITH SOME FRIENDS AND ENJOYED A LOVELY MOJITO ( WHICH HELPED ME PREPARE FOR THE COLD RAIN). AFTER WE WERE OFF TO WALK TO “la RAMBLA”- THE STREETs WERE FULL OF CRAZY PEOPLE AND LIVE MUSIC- IT WAS AWESOME. ME AND HALF THE CITY GATHERED AT I BELIEVE THE WORLDS LARGEST BOTELLON. AS I MET WITH FRIENDS THERE, A BEAUTIFUL BOTTLE OF TEQUILLA AWAITED ME. I HAD A GREAT NIGHT . ATTEMPTED TO GET ON STAGE WITH A SPANISH BAND- DANCED, ATE SHIT ON MY FACE, DRANK AND ATE….