Barcelonaaaa!!!

We had a fantabuloussss holiday in Spain. It was sooo good that I was on a real high long after the trip was over. I never win anything that involves luck (though I believe that I'm lucky in many ways), but when I finally did win something, it was a jackpot!!! But I must add that the credit goes to my hubby. He is the one who registered my name with Unicare Health Centre, and my name was picked in a lot. I tend to think that it is his luck that actually got us there. If I win, he gets to join me, so yea, HIS luck.

Our flight was at 5.30 am from Dubai Airport, so we started from home at 2.00 am after sleeping for exactly 45 minutes. But one look at the gorgeous Nyla, and I was wide awake. (And I'm not gay).  What set this holiday apart was that we were travelling with a team of around 100 people. Can you believe that? And the icing on the cake was the fact that the RJs also joined us. For those who don't know, these RJs are  mini celebrities, some of them are even movie actors. It is one thing to get a glance of celebrities or click a snap with them, but it is an entirely different thing to travel to another continent with them and spend 3 solid days together. One of my friends commented, "I'm not jealous that you are going to Spain, but I'm jealous that you are going with Nyla". That speaks volumes about their popularity. I never imagined that we would get to be so friendly with the RJs. Nyla was the show-stealer and got all the attention. She is a lovely person - friendly, considerate, lots of fun and a true style diva!! As a listener, I always loved her voice and her chatter. When I met her in person, I found her to be refreshingly straight-forward and real. I found an instant connection with her. She reminded me soooo much of myself. With our love for shopping, movies, old movie songs, wicked sense of humour and honesty, I think we should have been soul -sisters!!! Mithun is a true whacko, and I always loved his sense of humour on radio. He was no different when I met him in person. He made sure that everyone around was always entertained with his witty one-liners. Arfaaz is a true sweetheart - so genuine and warm. Dona was so easy to talk to and has an air of lazy elegance Unfortunately, I couldn't interact much with Jean, Maya, Nimmy and Sindhu.

                                                               
                                                           With the gorgeous Nyla

                                                                   Flamenco Dance

                                             

                                                             La Rambla Street
                                               

Please do not ask me what I saw in Spain, because I don't  remember. Infact, we didn't really explore much of Spain the way we usually do on a holiday. Ofcourse, we covered all the main attractions, but yet we didn't really get to enjoy the place, cuisine and culture the way I wanted to. The itinerary was already set, that left us with very little time to move around on our own.  And we didn't have to go through that elaborate  process of researching about the destination and painfully dropping places that do not fit into our schedule or budget. (Trust me, even if we had time, we didn't want to. We were like star-struck teenagers, completely in awe of the RJs). Our food was already taken care of, so we missed the pleasure of going over the menu countless times, bugging  the waiter with exact details of the ingredients and having long, impatient discussions with each other to arrive at a decision while our tummies grumble and cry out for food. We were travelling with a large group, which means, we didn't get enough time to even get to know everyone. So there was no chance of striking conversation with random strangers  or clicking photographs with them.

                                                                        RJ Dona

                                                                           Awwww!!!    

                                               
                                                                 With RJ Mithun

Some of the HI - ghlights of the trip :- (Meaning, everything that gave me a high!!)

1. Nyla

2. Attempted selfie with Nyla. So I was about to take a selfie with Nyla, and then a horde of girls joined, crying ''me too.. me too...me too". Had the selfie really happened, I would have been a happy person. But ofcourse, there is an option to crop out exactly what you want. Gee;)

3. Nyla complimenting my eyebrows, not once, but TWICE!!. She said that my eyebrows are striking, and my kinda eyebrows are trending.

4. Nyla complimenting my nose pin. So I had to remove my regular nose pin, and it wouldn't go back in. But I just HAD to wear a nose pin to Barcelona, and I got a new, cheap one for myself.

5. Mithun and his hilarious one-liners.

6. Real selfie (not the cropped version) with Mithun.

7. Arfaaz and the warm vibes he exuded to everyone.
8. SANGRIA - And lots of it!!

Few of the other things that I loved about my trip :-

1. We stopped for lunch at a restaurant, on our way to another destination. Suddenly someone broke into a song and the rest of us joined. Then everyone was singing aloud, many drumming on the table, some one playing the guitar, the waiters dancing to our songs, many tipsy, many sober, someone accidentally breaking plates and glasses - it was whole lot of fun. It went on and on for hours, and we ended up missing the funicular ride I was looking forward to. But I really enjoyed that lunch.

2. Wearing actual winter clothes - the jacket, boots and shawls. Given the fact that I was raised in Kerala which has no winter any time of the year, and I'm currently residing in UAE, where winter warrants just  a light jacket, it is a pleasure to wear winter clothes.

3. Me, V, Nyla, Arfaaz and a few other ladies went for a short walk. After a while, the ladies sat on the bench talking and the men went for a walk. I never imagined that we would get a chance to take a walk with Nyla and have such a long conversation with her.

It was truly a great holiday with awesome company, beautiful location and lots of fun.