Hello Everyone just thought I would update again before heading to Paris. The little village Im staying in is actually Saissac or something like that. Look it up on googleEarth and you will see how nice it is. There is a bunch of little towns and villages in the hills of Carcassone all of them are medieval and some were originally settlements of Romans or Visigoths. Every day of the weekend on of the villages has a party and all the locals of the surr...

Surreal. Thats the only word that pops to mind when trying to find the right words to explain my experiences so far. Once again hospitality club has delivered. Cees picked me up from the train station yesterday around six pm. The second I saw him i knew France was going to be fun, the guy kind of reminds me of Paul. Instead of staying in Carcassone Cees drove me out to the village he is from. The name is slipping my mind at the moment but its one of those m...

Hello everyone; sorry about not keeping this updated as much as possible; its tough at times: Barcelona hot; humid and tons and tons of tourist: despite all of that yet another beautiful city: my last night there i almost missed the train to France: Barcelona is a party city but there is a ton of beautiful architecure by some dude named Antoni Gaudi i took lots of pictures:

During the train ride from Madrid to Pamplona i was wondering what was awaiting me. i had heard so many stories from so many people about a 24 hour party atmosphere as well as the disasters during the bull run i was a little apprehensive. i found my self wondering whether it was all worth it, to run and suffer a serious injury like so many others and live with that regret the rest of my life. on the flip side of that coin is the fact that running with the bulls h...

hi everyone just as i promised i would keep you all updated. now i dont even know where to start ive been here for one day but i have already done so much, met so many people and see so many wonderful sights. madrid is beautiful, the architecture, the people the culture, the atmosphere this city is amazing. DEPARTING THE STATE. the keys on this computer are all screwed up there are all these new buttons, and old buttons are gone or someplace else. someone n...