Thank You - Bye!

So thanks to everyone for reading my blog. I hope it wasn't too boring for anyone.

I had a great time on this trip with my friend. And I'm going to be honest and say my friend and the people on the tour bus made this trip for me. Would I ever come back to Europe? No, no, no, no, no, no, no a resounding no! This high society stuff wasn't for me. But I came and I saw. Next trip, Thailand/Bali (assuming our dentist friend follows through on his connections:)).

Taking our travel boxes on a bus tomorrow morning and headed to the airport. Should be home and jet lagged tomorrow night around 6 pm.

Thanks again to everyone who visited my blog.

XOXO,
J.

So Long to Spain

Are You The Owner of That Travel Box?

So yesterday we are sitting at the train station next to this guy for 2 HOURS - and he says NOTHING to us. Not a word, doesn't even look at us. Then all of a sudden he goes to Melissa, "Are you the owner of that travel box?" and she's like ??? and he asks again. Ok - referring to her suitcase - which we thought was hilarious! Then starts harassing her about the baguette she bought and telling her it's going to get hard and that she should put it in her "travel box". She's like "I think it will be ok." And he insists. Then he asked her "Why did you even buy it?" She's like "To eat it." Then the guy abruptly gets up and says he has to go and says bye to us. It was the strangest thing EVER!

Tomorrow's our last day in Spain, then taking our travel boxes to the air port on Tues and heading home.

Wish us happy shopping for tomorrow!

Underwhelmed

So Barcelona literally cost us a fortune to get here and it was a major pain in the ass to travel here and...... it totally sucks!!!!!!! We just got off a 2 hour bus tour and I didn't take one picture. Plus, it is Sunday and all of the stores are closed. If I could give you all some advice on Barcelona, I would say "don't go".

The pictures I am posting are of the only thing going on in town, which is some weird hippie rally with tents. And we aren't even sure what they are protesting.

Ugh!

So Tired of Paying to Go to the Bathroom!

Bathroom usage has been costing us a fortune over here. Some places you pay over $2 to go.

Well yesterday we were out and stopped into Starbucks and of course the cheapest SMALL drink was $10. We were smart enough to know not to stop there for a drink, we really just wanted to use the bathroom.

So we bypassed the line and went upstairs, found it, thinking, so far so good... Well you had to have a code to get in.

So Melissa went downstairs and asked the cashier what the code was and she said it´s on your receit. Well, since we didn´t have a receit, I dug through the garbage and found one! Problem solved. Lol.

Yesterday was our first day without our tour guide giving us tips on which places to go for the bathroom. But I think we are doing pretty good so far.

So in the US now I will be thankful for free bathrooms. This is crazy. We are going flat broke here so it's a good thing this is our last stop.

We each paid $10 for a coke the first night in Paris. And no it wasn´t a 2 liter. It was a small glass bottle.

XOXO,
J.

Spain and the Train

We made it to Spain! Took the over night train.

But mom, this post was mostly for you to let you know we made it ok.

The cabin was TIGHT, really tight. Melissa and my luggage took up the whole room. Luckily there was only one other lady in there instead of two. We didn't find anything special about this Euro Rail. Although mom, it wasn't as bad as India, haha. I remember Sean couldn't even sit up on the top bunk. You could on this one... kind of. You can see from the pictures.

I ventured down to the bar and spent another $5 on a diet coke.

Then, we both slept over night and they woke us up this morning an hour before Barcelona.

Now time to see what this city is all about.

XOXO,
J.

The Louvre and Mona Lisa

So we went the the Louvre museum today to see the Mona Lisa.One of these pictures shows the crowd gathered around the painting to take pictures. I fought my way all the way up to the front to get my shot and since it was encased in glass there was a glare anyway. I was disappointed. But at least we saw it in person.

To be honest we were on a guided tour with head phones and after the Mona Lisa I couldn't take it anymore. I ripped my head phones off and just followed everyone. I was bored to death. Museums have never impressed me.

Saw A LOT today and we are both exhausted. Came back to try and nap only to be woken up by a few rooms down swearing down into the streets and tossing beer bottles at cars. We both jumped up and watched out the window, hoping no one would get hit.

Tomorrow is going to be a pain. We have to make our way to the train station, through customs and then ride the Euro Rail over night to Barcelona. Whose idea was this anyway?????????? Hoping 1. Our bags don't get stolen and 2. We wake up for our stop.

Really not sure how this works... but I can tell you Melissa's earrings got stolen off her ears on the train in India. And I flipped out on the train in India so much so that we had to buy flights to return from our destination because I refused to go back on the train! Omg omg omg. Going to be away from the Internet for 2 days, but check back for updates from Spain!

XOXO,
J.