Boy, do I have a lot to catch you up on! First I’d like to congratulate all of my friends and family who have successfully completed yet another year of school. Good job! And now I’d like to gloat: summer is officially here in sunny Barcelona. The weather is constantly 25 degrees and the sea is just right to go swimming in. Delicious, in fact. I have bought a bicycle and it has since replaced the metro as my #1 means of transportation. This is why I came here. Now if it’d only stay this nice and not get any hotter like we all know it will. August can get as brutal as 40 degrees! (that’s just over 100 degrees F for all you Americans) That’s why the entire population leaves the city to the tourists for the entire month of August and retreats to their mountain homes. Not having acquired a mountain home of my own just yet, I plan to leave as well and head north for a while, but I’ll tell you all about that in just a bit. For now I’m keeping myself busy with way too much theater, volleyball (as usual), my friends and flat mates, I’m still teaching English, I’ve started swing dancing, and a whole lot more. Prepare yourself for another installment of Josh’s Spanish Diary and few surprises along the way. Make sure you have a little time to waste because this one’s gonna be a doosey!