Carnival in Sitges

Carnival was one of the top five nights of my life. Having friends who studied abroad before and experienced carnival I thought I had a feeling of what it would be like, yet I was blown away. People of all ages, from babies to the elderly were all dressed up in costumes, including my friends and I. It was the first time in my time here in Spain where people didn’t look at those from different countries and make judgments. Everybody was talking to each other, or attempting to talk to each other as the language barrier was tough at times. At Carnival in Sitges there were several floats, including one of a huge elephant that had important people who helped plan this years Carnival. The bus ride there was wild as everyone was drinking and the music was blasting. We all met a lot of different people from CEA who we hadn’t even seen before. Once we were off the bus everyone was having a great time as the alcohol was flowing as I wouldn’t have rather been anywhere else in the world at that present time. Another thing that I enjoyed about the experience was that although I live with four of my good friends from school here in Barcelona, two girls I have grown up with along with my one good guy friend are also studying here in Barcelona. It was a real cool experience to experience Carnival, this wild once in a lifetime experience for myself, with some of my best friends. Only those who were with me that night will be able to understand that experience. Our night in Sitges for Carnival was the first new cultural type experience I’ve had here I can say that there is nothing like Carnival in the United States. Maybe some could say Halloween is something like Carnival, but I’d strongly disagree as Carnival is more of a celebration of life.