Hansen & Backstreet Boys in Madrid?

...yea, that's what we heard last night at the bar. I think when the djs see a group of 10 Americans trek in, they grab some US Top 20 from the 90s and throw it on... and of course, we eat it up it. :)

In a little over 12 hours, I'll be getting on a bus with a bunch of friends and heading to Valencia (Mediterranean coast city of Spain) for Las Fallas, a HUGE celebration/festival. Basically they build huge beautiful paper mache statues/floats, parade them threw the streets while people spontaneously put off fire crackers, then at midnight they burn everything to the ground. The finale is a fireworks show, which i've heard can rival Disneyland's... which means the expectations are pretttty high. 

I learned about the Fallas a few times while studying spanish at UCLA, so I've been looking forward to this weekend for a long time. I'm going to take a million pictures!

Me and a few close girl friends are going to stay Fri and Sat after Fallas, to explore Valencia, go to the beach (yes!), get authentic paella, get a tan, etc. I guess it'll be allllrigght... :)