How to: Stay awake in a train station

There are times when as exhilarating as it is to be going to a new city and as fascinating as impressionist art is, a traveler can get a bit sleepy. Blame it on the Sangria, the late nights, the low lighting in the museums that preserve the paintings, but something has been getting me ready for a pillow-top mattress and some sweet dreams of George Clooney at around 2 o clock everyday….I don’t know, but never-the-less we get sleepy! So I have come up with these tactics to keep my unmentinonables out of a resale boutique in Madrid and my eyes focused on Goyas masterpieces.

1.) Dance baby dance! Bailar chica bailar! Practice your ballet pirouettes that is. It helps that ballet slippers are all in style right now. I was dozing off at the Picasso museum and started doing pirouettes across the floor. Yes, I looked like the crazy American, but that’s no different than at home right? So the Europeans might think we are ignorant, cause we cant speak 5 languages, don’t know the capital of Morocco and eat too fast, but baby… we can dance!

2.) Sing! Cantar! Yup…just imagine your favorite Irvina (in the whole wide world) singing in the middle of bus station to herself. I started out with the classic, “You are my sunshine…” then moved on to “Amazing grace” and then did the classic, “Do the Locomotion with me!” made up a couple songs, wrote a poem or two in my head. As long as you keep the wheels in your head turning the eyes will be opening!

3.) Balance your wallet on your head! Balancia su bolsa en tu cabeza! I did this one in a museum in Madrid. I really love art. I swear! They are good enough to write “Smoking kills” on the cigarette boxes out here you think they would write, “Wine makes you wobbly in a museum” on the bottles. Whateves. Anyway, yeah when you are balancing your wallet with your passport, credit-cards, ID, hostal key and phone number of the boy from lunch you are way focused not to drop it. (Besides its a good posture exercise.)

Alright ladies and gents I’m outtie here. I’m not very sleepy right now so I am headed back to my hostal to see whats up for the evening. Off to see the Alhambra in Granada tomorrow! I cant wait! xoxoxo

Tasty- Hicuri, C Santa Escolastica 12. Granada, Spain. Awesome vegetarian dishes. Best Ratatouui I have ever had!

Pretty- I am staying in the Albaicin district. It over by the Alhambra. Beautiful winding roads that go into an area where people are living in caves. Gorgeous!

Sleepy- Rambutan Guesthouse, Granada….Awesome hostel. Small only like 20 people. Everyone is way chill and it has a view of the Alhambra that is breathtaking!