Tuesday - June 11th

Tuesday I got to have a meeting with the Consul General and we sat down to talk for a while. I was also asked to help out with the Public Diplomacy and Political sections because they were so swamped with work these next couple weeks. With so many events, I was asked to step in and help with some of the local ones in and around Barcelona itself. So it was that I got drafted into writing a speech for the Consul. Different, but nice for a change. (I finished the speech by the next morning and sent it several days ahead of schedule). I also had the singular privilege of meeting Carl Bernstein. I was invited into the office to sit down and have a chat. For those of you who don’t know who Carl Bernstein is, he is the reporter who uncovered Watergate. The movie All the President’s Men is his story. Also a pretty cool thing to have happen. That evening I decided to go to yet another beach, this time to Nova Icaria. So far, this has been the best sand, and full of people playing sports. Somorrostro is less crowded and the clubs make for a nice atmosphere, whereas Nova Icaria is nicer and larger. It’s a toss-up between the two. I guess I’ll just have to go again and reevaluate them.