Day 64 March 28th 2009 Valencia, Spain

Today was tour Valencia day. Saw a cool castle, climbed a spiral tower connected to a large church. Just did the super sightseeing deal. The sights were fantastic but even more fun was the evening when Carlos’ friends came over and we all played a game of international kings cup. Now for those lay people out there that haven’t been to college in awhile or are yet to enter, kings cup is a drinking game played with cards fanned out in a circle on a table with a cup in the middle. There are many, many variations to the rules so if mine are different than yours, which they will be, don’t take offense. So each card signifies an activity or game that the person drawing the card has to do. For example: all number 2 cards mean the puller must choose two people to sip on whatever cold beverage may be in their hand at the time. And on it goes: 3 is for me (puller sips), 4 touch the floor, 5 all guys, 6 all chicks, 7 hand to heaven, 8 make a date (you and your date sip), 9 bust a rhyme (puller raps a phrase and others must follow), 10 categories (puller chooses a category of anything and the rest name things in that category), jack is back (person who went before puller sips), queen is questions (this one has tougher to explain rules, consult the internet), king is make a rule to be used for the rest of the game. The reason I give you a quick rundown of the rules is because the hilarity stems from playing with guys who speak good english but are not technical enough to rhyme english words or say different categorical items. So imagine saying, “Yo I caught a fish” and expecting to hear dish or swish and hearing, ”ya then I ate my dinner.” With international kings finished we went over to a birthday party being held for one of Carlos’ friends. A few attempted spanish lessons later and a return for rest.