Tomorrow at 8 am I’m flying off for NYC.  I’m super pumped to be back in the city and it’s been a fun start already going to the Tigers Game tonight.  Stay tuned for new club and indie rock releases, I’ve got a bunch that I just found.  I’ll keep you posted and show some pics of the city while i’m at it.

At the conclusion of this trip, it has become very apparent to me that this will be an experience that will be impossible to replace and explain in its entirety.  Having both my sister and parents come and join me at the end was icing on the top and really put a great finish to the six weeks.  Spain has now become one of my favorite places in the world.  Barcelona, Madrid, and San Sebastian were the three places we had decided to visit, and I was very happy with this decision.  Of those three, I would have to say that San Sebastian was the best.  It is a picture perfect area, with a giant cove and an island in the middle.  It is a town you’d see in a James Bond movie, with old buildings and impressive landscapes.  We were also able to go surfing in the south of France, which is just at the border.  It was amazing.  The surf camp wasn’t anything special, but I almost appreciated it more become of its barebones appearance.  The tents allowed us to brave the rain, but that was only for a brief period of time, because between surfing on a variety of beaches and hanging out with a bunch of the other campers, there wasn’t much time to sleep.  We were only there for a small time, but it was a great experience to have, and I definitely want to go surfing in the near future.  It was everywhere in the northern parts of Spain too.  Back in San Sebastian they had two large beaches where competitions were held and where the locals would surf as well.
We were also in San Sebastian during Grande Semena, which is a huge celebration that had a firework contest at the end of every night.  This was easily one of the most enjoyable events of my life.  I thought I had seen every style of firework in my brief 20 years, but this contest had shown me things that I had never seen before in the firework arts.  The picture that is shown actually covered the sky with gold.  It was amazing.  It was a fairly appropriate representation of my entire trip, and I was able to experience it for the next two days.  All in all, this trip has set a high mark for all travel, and I hope to reach this level every time I take a trip.