Lots hqs happened since last post. we took an overnight train from lisbon to madrid and ended up loving madrid. 
unfortunatly there was some sort of huge championship football thing in the city the next day and you know how europeans are with their football sooo we were left homeless. we called every hotel imaginable and searched the entire city but there wasnt a bed ANYWHERE! sooo instead of getting to enjoy madrid for two days we had to have a quick visit instead and then catch an overnight train for a way to have shelter for the night. if this was amazing race, madrid was our worst leg ever. buuuttt we did manage to get to the modern art museum where we got to see lots of dali and picasso and the GUERNICA which was so amazing. Steve, who had earlier liked the idea of going to an art museum in europe, could be overheard saying ^art is boring^ within ten minutes. in his defence tho, it was boring, except for the dalis and picassos.
unfortunatly there was some sort of huge championship football thing in the city the next day and you know how europeans are with their football sooo we were left homeless. we called every hotel imaginable and searched the entire city but there wasnt a bed ANYWHERE! sooo instead of getting to enjoy madrid for two days we had to have a quick visit instead and then catch an overnight train for a way to have shelter for the night. if this was amazing race, madrid was our worst leg ever. buuuttt we did manage to get to the modern art museum where we got to see lots of dali and picasso and the GUERNICA which was so amazing. Steve, who had earlier liked the idea of going to an art museum in europe, could be overheard saying ^art is boring^ within ten minutes. in his defence tho, it was boring, except for the dalis and picassos.anyway, Barcelona was incredible, i absolutly loved it. Its filled with crazy dr.suess looking buildings by the archetect Gaudi. we went to the park by him 
(which ive been to before with the fam) and the sagrida famillia (or something like that) which is his church that will take 200yrs in total to finish! 
so cool. the first time i went to Tam tam in montreal i was re,inded of this park and going back now i realize how amazing tams is; 
even with all the crazy archeticture it cant beat tam tams! we also visited the stadium that FC Barcelona plays at 
and hit up the beach. 
at night we ate the greatest paellia at 10pm nightly and took in some barcelona night life which was so much fun.
altho i think im getting old, i couldnt make it to 6am like a true barcelonian, not even close.
(which ive been to before with the fam) and the sagrida famillia (or something like that) which is his church that will take 200yrs in total to finish! so cool. the first time i went to Tam tam in montreal i was re,inded of this park and going back now i realize how amazing tams is; even with all the crazy archeticture it cant beat tam tams! we also visited the stadium that FC Barcelona plays at and hit up the beach. at night we ate the greatest paellia at 10pm nightly and took in some barcelona night life which was so much fun. altho i think im getting old, i couldnt make it to 6am like a true barcelonian, not even close. so after 3 blissful days in barcelona we were off to Nice to start our france trip. But of course i wasnt that easy...a lovely train strike forced us to take a 14hour bus ride that cost us 50euros instead of a free 10hour comfy train ride. it sucked, lots, but after those bus rides in laos; i will never ever complain about an air conditioned normally seated bus!!!!
now we are staying at the greatest hotel ever in Nice with a huge dinning room / bar where we partied last night. its huge and aussie run and the greatest. Yesterday we took a short bus to Monaco and enjoyed the ritzy life and swam in the med, it was such a nice day.
Monaco is so beautiful and so much fun! now we are off to the beaches of Nice nd more swimmi,g in the med!!! off to bordeaux tomorrow!
Monaco is so beautiful and so much fun! now we are off to the beaches of Nice nd more swimmi,g in the med!!! off to bordeaux tomorrow!
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Hi! great pictures! Glad you're mixing museums and nightlife and not staying up all night. Yes, you certainly are getting old! A&N's blogspot is AdrienandVanessa.blogspot.com. They are set to travel to France on Monday, July2. Really hope you can meet up. Take care, stay out of trouble, love Mom
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