hey david, i live in SD, i know what tequila tastes like

First weekend in Madrid! WOOHOO! So, we started the weekend Wednesday night, with plans to attend Orange Cafe's international party, but we heard there were lots of people going, the place might be a bit small -- it could just end in a hot mess inside the bar, BUT FIRST -- ohhh quick stop at the sketch bar on the corner between Concha's house and the metro stop, 1€ shots YES PLEASE! and made friends with the cute asian ladies working!!! okay, finally got to Orange Cafe, the line was down the street so we kept walking to the front trying to find someone closer, but bar hopping just sounded too good. SO down the street we went and met some creeper man, took a shot and addioosss to that bar. The metro closed at 1:15, but we weren't ready to leave just yet, so to our favv plaza, Plaza del Sol, in order to get a closer cab ride to home when we were ready! Walk out the escalator and a bar promoter named David was just waiting for our arrival -- he runs up to us and says "girls, girls I take you to this bar, we have free shots and fun!" so ya, okay we go and realize this might be sketch, but whatevs and its actually FUN! but these free shots were about one drop tequila and the rest filled with margartia, but its chill Janelley made friends with the bartender Hector and heeyyyy free shots all weekend!!!

backstreet boys pose

Thursday night was free night at Joy, una discoteca! We got all sassy and walked past our sketch bar on the corner, but sadly NOT OPEN :( so we took the metro to Sol, walk up the escalator and ohhh there is david -- "baby, baby, lets go back to the bar" -- so okay, okay we went and Emily met some guy from France who could dance. cut the line at joy, get in free -- oh ps: there was plans to make this entire night freee with a metro ride at 6 AM -- get a drink for free then hit the dance floor. as the night progressed, gabs couldn't make it and took a taxi ride home around 3:30, but the rest of the hottiessss got home around 6:30AM, just in time to say goodbye to Santiago, our house father, as he was leaving for work! HAVE A NICE DAY SANTIAGO!

meant to take a picture of that
drunk guy, but this boy is too awesome

Friday - no school! woke up, attempted to write our papers -- ugh! writing papers in Spain is 34098234X harder than writing a paper in San Diego & writing a paper in San Diego is sooooooooo hard! Saturday night we hit Gran Via, a poppin street with bars, but it was kinda dirty & we really just wanted a quiet wine night. We ended up at the exact opposite place though, at a tapas bar called El Tigre. This place was poppin, but reminded me of Dick's Last Resort -- the only cool thing was that we got biiiigggg drinks for superr cheap and a few plates of tapas! YUMM!!! OH - we also took this awesome picture, heyyyyy

so, do you wanna?

Fourth night of the weekend: SATURDAY! Saturday night is happen in Spain!!! Of course, we went stopped at the sketch bar this night, said whatss upppp to our lovely friends -- who, right when we walked in, ran to the freezer to grab our chilled shot glasses and poured us each vodka shotss! took the metro to Sol, of course, to hit up our new fav bar for a bit and found a dance floor downstairs, woo! this place just got better!!! then met up our Kapital club promoter friend, Nick for some passes to the 7 floor discoteca! danced the night away after a long island ice tea and a mohito, that got spilled :( scored some poinntsss and then called it a night!



dang, this weekend has been so long, but one more day!! SUNDAY -- woke up early for church, i know we are so well-rounded! then after church, went to Sol, shockinnggg, walked through Plaza Mayor to the cutest mercado to be at on a Sunday Afternoon. Got some tapas and some treats and even some MEXICAN FOOD! walked around a little more and then came back to our home sweet home at Concha's for a siesta and to finally finish our travel seminar papers! This weekend has been too much fun, but only 4 days of class and then HEYY PORTUGAL! we absolutely cannot wait!!

got these sick hats from some hotties at our favorite bar

xoxo,

gabby and gina

is 100 a lot? - for europe? NAHHH

Our current obssession: fratmusic.com

WHY?

well, okay so these fabbb discotecas in europe only play techno beats, well except for the occasional times you walk in the club before 1:30 AM - they play 70's and 80's at this time. BUT WHATEVVAA, so we found this awesome site..and by awesome, i mean best thing we have ever stumbled upon, and when we need a good laugh/a power hour playlist we go to it. so go to this website then there are names of mainly techno playlists that these frat boys created and posted or whatever -- the names get to us, we could laugh for hours about them. Playlists we bookmarked just because their names are toooooo embarrassing:

- Snakes & Condoms, The Two Things I Don't Fuck With
- Binge Drinking Playlist
- MY COUCH PULLS OUT, BUT I DON'T
- Real Girls Get Down
- Dirty Girls Like Dirty Beats
- FratStrong
- HOLY SANTA CLAUS SHIT

xoxo,

gabby and gina

OLD GUYS LOVE GINA

It all started in Barcelona when we were walking up a street and saw old couples - so in luvveeduvvv - dancing away; such a romantic scene! We stopped for a quick photo opp and just to admire the "old and in love" ways of life when Janelle yells "guyyysss, gina is getting asked to dance!" no joke people, this old man in a red polo tucked into his khaki shorts was chasing after gina trying to get her to dance with him, but when the band started a new song she, of course, gave him the honor of dancing with the one and onlyyy gina marie. When the dance was over, we asked gina, "what was he saying?!!" she responds, "guys, i don't knowww..i don't speak spanish!" OHH HEYYY... NO HABLAS MUCHO!

The old man love only continued in Sevilla! We walked into Club Buddha and clearly the MEN knew what was up because they were just running over wanting photo opps left and right! after one group picture, one old man thought gina was a hottie - duhhh, right? - and wanted a solo photo!!!!!!! DIOS MIOS! He went in for the kiss, but even after a faustino power hour, shot of vodka, glass of sangria, and a drink in hand - this old man still wasn't lookin good in gina's eyes. He got the cheek - yikkess, booteddd! sorraayyyy


Look for some OLD GUYS LOVE GINA updates - maybe one day/night puntoos will be scored, and honestly i've already seen some lookin her way! iiyyyy

xoxo,

gabby and gina

Tienes Numero o Facebook POR FAVOR?

Next stop after Barcelona was another one of our favorite stops, VALENCIA!  After the half a day of autobus travel we arrived in Valencia to check into our hotels, take a quick siesta, and then board the buses once again for a city tour and trip to a few monuments.  First stop was the BEAUTIFUL Cuidad de las Artes y de las Ciencias. 

After the picturesque photo shoot spot we continued on with a bus tour of the Old City and then on to visit the Cathedral and walked around a central plaza.   

The next day we had class in the hotel in them morning and then had the rest of the day free to roam around Valencia..so obvss we hit LA PLAYA!  After a 30 minute bus ride there we finally made it.  We enjoyed a lovely date with our hottie, Emily, soaking up the hot Espana sunshine and swimming in the extremely blue meditarranian!  After a few hours out on the sand we headed over to the boardwalk to get ourselves some Paella.  (Valencia is the birthplace of Paella which = best EVER)  We enjoyed a luxorious 2 hour lunch overlooking the ocean, sipping on some vino, chowing down on bread, mussels, paella, and our fav, postre!  It was just a wondeful afternoon and we all had the time of our lives!

Later that night after returning back to the hotel to shower and clean up a bit, we made our way back over to the plaza for some tapas and drinks.  After finishing up, we as usaul requested LA CUENTA POR FAVOR! (you gotta ask for it in Espana or you'll be there for days--they have no sense of time here)  Our hottie waiter of course sprinted over to his American chicas and when he brought us our bill he asked gabby for her telephone number or facebook yaaa know.. smooth right?? so of course gabby wrote her spanish numero with a heart on our bill and we all left!  Gabby and the waiter have a bit of a romance going on since that night--calls, texts, dates sooo in loveee.... hahah just kidddinggg kyle!

miss us now??

muchas besos!!!

xoxo,

gabby and gina

Dow Jones

One of our first nights in Barcelona we wanted to go out but not the whole stay until 6 AM discoteca scene, so we heard about some of our people going to a bar called Dow Jones. We automatically looked at each other and were like, "heyyyy dow jones, like the stock market? okkayyy okkayyy, stock market = moneyyy + boys = perfect spot." plus the fact it just reminded us too much of daddy that we had to go! after the disgustingly hot metro and walk in the humidity & rain we just wanted to get slizzered. rolled up to this tiny bar with hella USD kids and ya knoowww how we are - loud, obnoxious americans. pushed our way through the chaos and told the bartender whatss up, "2 shots of tequila and 2 long islands ice teas puhlleasseeee!!!" lick, shoooot, and suck and one long island ice tea later we fell in love. this would be our go to drinks for the next few weeks and possibly the rest of espana!!!

But okay, what this blog is really about -- the bar had the history of the stock market and charts galore of the market before, during and after the crash. it was like we were in america while also learning and having fun - our daddy's would be so proud, because first and foremost we gotta be daddy's girls all dayyy erryyydayyy!!! They are always looking out for us, so we always gotta be thinking about them. In fact, Papa O just sent us an excerpt from the book "How Rich People Think" by Steve Siebold. Interested in buying -- click here!

                         

  xoxo,

gabby and gina

First Stop: Barcelona!

The first stop on our Travel Seminar was BARCELONNAA!!! We spent the most amount of time there and were able to visit:

-Montjuich Hill

-Sagrada Familia 

-Parque Guell 

-Mountains of Monserrat (Monastery) 

-Sitges (beach town)

Monserrat, Barcelona

Strike a MILEY

Our favorite was Sitges!  It was a beyond beautiful beach town where we spent the afternoon laying out, swimming in the Mediterranean, and eating the BEST sushi in the world!

Sitges, Barcelona

Our last night in Barcelona we discovered Opium night club right on the water!  It was probably the highlight of our time in Barcelona!  It was soo gorgeous we just couldn't get over it.  We of course started our night with power-hour Sangria in our hotel suite, followed by 1 tequila shot and a long island iced tea POR FAVOR at the bar the second we arrived.  When we first walked in we found this huge table of hottieee english boys? possibly irish? who knows..but they were hella weird and weren't obsessed with us? werid right? but it was fine we moved on.  It was time to hit the dance floor to of course show off our sickkk dance moves and obvsss score puntosss!!  Gina charmed her way into getting a boy from Finland to buy her a rose..hayyyy  Gabrielle cut her foot on some glass...standard right?  She also chatted it up with some boy from Cal Poly..Americannn--but sorry only worth 1..so she obvvs moved on.  

Long Island Iced-Tea <33

Opium

Just couldn't pass up a beach photoshoot

We headed home sometime around 5 ish, caught about 1.5 hours maybe of beauty sleep then pulled ourselves together just fabulously, said hasta luego to Barcelona, and boarded our super luxorius buses for a wonderful 3-4 hour bus ride to our next destination, Valencia!!  

xoxo,

gabby and gina

Cry about it

we're busy traveling europa..jealous? good.
we will post soon, pinky promises!

xoxo,
gabby and gina

101 REASONS WE LOVE ANDREA

Because it is Andrea's 21 Birthday, we thought we would name ALL the reasons of why we LOVE HER soooooo much:


She -
1. is 21
2. is sassy
3. is sexy
4. is smart
5. cures headaches with a cold beer, whenever & wherever
6. passes out at the timmy mc-g concerts
7. but will still dance in the party bus before & after
8. calls us out on our embarrassing shit
9. will embarrass herself with us
10. appreciates an embarrassing life
11. keeps it so classy when wasted
12. is responsible
13. thinks the answer to everything is drinking
14. is always right
15. is breathtakingly beautiful
16. is really good at kick boxing
17. is even better at spanish
18. is a beer bong champ
19. and inspires 10 ft beer bongs name darla
20. is organized
21. is a line dancing pro
22. has pretty, long eyelashes
23. has cute shoes
24. and clothes
25. is the hottest line dancing teacher
26. wakes up with out her pants on
27. then finds them in the shower
28. and is really confused about it
29. has really cute cargo pants
30. might be part of the italian mafia
31. is a hottiiieeee
33. has the best socks in the world
34. is overly obsessed with Christmas
35. bakes mini chocolate chip cookies in the toaster oven
36. helped me fall in love with country
37. texts creepy numbers left on her whiteboard
38. doesn't take shit from anyone
39. walks home bayside at ungodly hours & is still alive
40. is the best singer
41. will watch biggest loser with me
42. takes long naps
43. has a cuuteeeee nephew
44. is sassyyyy
45. is sassyyyy
46. is sassyyyy
47. is sassyyyy
48. is sassyyyy
49. is sassyyyy
50. is sassyyyy




SOOO that might not be 101 reasons, but it basically just shows how much we love this chiicccaaaa. we will miss her tons this semester and can't wait to see her in 2011 for another fabbbb semester in san diego!

LOVE YA HOTTIE!

out last night at El Kapital for Andrea's 21!!!

xoxo,
gabby and gina

how 'bout that flight in -- MISS US YET?

the view from the plane!

Hola Calienties - Hey Hottiiessss!! Sorry we haven't updated yet, we have just been so busy.  So we said goodbye to our parents, some tears were shed and laughs were shared but what really is important is that gina's dad gave out his business card and created a hotties parents group! They have therapy emails because they miss us too much already, who could blame them right? Don't you miss us yet?

We held hands as we flew out of the beautiful GOLDEN COAST saying goodbye to our number one country always and forever, AMERICA!  There was no turning back!!! 9.5 hours and some headrest talk later, we landed in London, took one last plane that ended up being a 2.5 hour roller coaster ride to our playground for the next 4 months, MADRID!! Concha, our house mommy, met us in the airport. She is the sweetest lady!! Always giving kisses and hugs and loveslovesloves to chat it up - solomente en espanol though! We are getting so good!! Gina even talks to the spanish boys in spanish about money, studies and work - NO HABLAS MUCHO, NECESITA PUNTOS!!!! IIYYYY!

CONCHA! best house mama

The next morning we woke up bright and early for orientation at la Universidad Pontifica de Comillas! The school is USD in Espana, seriously! Meaning -- pretty, rich people and of course, catholic. Then we walked around the city and saw all the gorgeous parks where we will be working on our fitness.

in front of the bull fighting stadium in Madrid

Conversation @ Club to Bartender: "You are fuerte!" "Si, No gym
I make Mojitos ALL DAY LONG!" iiyyyy

Then we headed back to Concha's house for a fabbb dinner and chat and then OUT FOR THE NIGHT to Joy -- let me tell you that place was hoppinnn! Took a cab back home around 4:30 AM, spent a couple more hours being obnoxious chiicassss and then went to bed for a short 1.5 hours of rest.

Segovia!

Back on the metro in the morning and a horrible autobus ride to Segovia where we spent the day looking at buildings, castles, walking and our favorite part, laying in a park for 4 hours. This town was beautiful, but it just wasn't our day. Concha made us a fabbb dinner once again, let us tell you, she is just the best cook ever..WATCH OUT MOM & DAD!


We spent last night sleeping and were able to finally wake up feeling energized and excited for the day of traveling to Toledo! Such a cute town and such good shopping!  Now, we are off to the club to celebrate Andrea's 21 Birthday! How awesome that those girls got to come over here from Semester at Sea to go out with us! We are so lucky.

Toledo!

Panoramic View of Toledo

Some Alpha Chi HOTTIESSS in Spain!

xoxo,

gabby and gina