Beach Baby.

Sitges is to Spain as Provincetown is to the US. Everyone is here on vacation and here to play in this ultimate beach town. Sitges is a 40-minute train ride from Barcelona. The beaches are beautiful. And nude. Our hotel was fantastic, right across from the beach. No, not the nude beach.

We spent the last four days of vacation here in Sitges. This was actually our second time in Sitges. We came down here on Saturday night for the “Mr. Bear Sitges” event. This bear event is an annual crowd fest. Thankfully, we missed the contest piece. It was a wild night, putting us on the train back to Barcelona at 4:50am.

This was the most relaxing part of vacation- lots of time on the beach and by the pool. We met lots of guys from the US, including a couple from New Mexico who spend two weeks in Sitges each year. They were our experts on Sitges, introducing us to the official, post-beach happy hour at the Parrot. Which I officially called judging hour. The Parrot Bar has two outlets, on two corners, across the street from each other. All the chairs face the street and the locals and the tourists sit watching the foot traffic. OK, they are judging the foot traffic. And there was lots and lots of foot traffic. Sitges is also home to what I think is the best name for a gay bar: El Horno.