6) We napped on the bus ride to gear up for San Fermin! When we pulled up, everyone was dressed in white with red sashes and bandanas. I stored my pack and we set out to find our costumes, which included wine bottle skin things you drape across your body and fill with Sangria. Everyone was walking around soaked in Sangria (white clothes = red!) from the opening ceremony, which I am not sorry to have missed. Apparently Plaza Consistorial was so packed that peo...

Manuel and I found my hostel and went for Spanish breakfast around the corner. We met these two professional poker players who were grabbing a bite before they went to bed. I loved the bartender! He gave me a free churro and poured us a glass of Mahou beer, native to Madrid. He didn't charge us for either. Madridllbi = good start! We walked down the strip to Plaza del Sol, a main shopping area and stopped at Footlocker. We met the nicest guy there! An...

(28). I got up at 3:45am to take a taxi to the airport to catch my flight to Barcelona. I can't believe how cheap taxis are! A 45min ride cost little more than €10! The hostel directions were awful. I bought the wrong train ticket and almost journeyed an hour outside of Barcelona! Luckily I sorted things out, but the train/metro integration system is confusing at first! While buying the correct metro ticket, an an American guy approached me becau...

(26) We pulled into Zagreb at 7am. I was thinking about training to Switzerland and spending a day or two there, but the way the train schedule worked I would only get six hours in Zurich before I left to Barcelona. Twenty minutes before the train left to Budapest I decided to get on it! I booked my hostel with 3% battery left on my phone and was off. Zagreb was just okay after seeing the rest of Croatia.I got on this packed train and had to go to the closed...