We woke up at 6am and left for the train station. As has been the theme of our trip it poured rain for our truck across the city. We spent most of the day on the train transferring from one city to the next and got to Avignon around 6 to meet aunt mathilda and uncle Steve. We hopped in the car and enjoyed the scenic views of southern France. We stayed in a small town called Vaison la Romaine with wineries all around us, it was beautiful. Our hotel (la fete on Pro...

We went to the Joseph's market right off la Ramblas this morning. It was really cool with all the venders there selling every type of food imaginable. We got fresh fruit for breakfast and it was so nice to have fruit for the first time on our trip. No more need to worry about scurvy. We then walked across town to go to Gaudi park, where there were more buildings and statues designed by Gaudi along with some great views of Barcelona. We spent most of the day wa...

We started our first real day in Barcelona going on a free walking tour around gothic city and it was really cool however after we finished the tour instead of feeling like we had seen the city it only piqued our intreat further of what all Barcelona had to show. So in the afternoon we went on a biking tour. It was awesome! Biking as a mode of transportation is much more popular in Europe, they have bike lanes on the roads and light signals specifically for biker...

Sorry it has taken me so long to post/ blog I've had sketchy internet access and its just been a whirlwind of activities! We flew from Barcelona from Portugal, and while it was a short flush the whole event took up most of our day. By the time we got to Barcelona we were tired and hungry but we figured we should check into our hostel before finding food or before it got dark. Imagine our surprise when we got then and found out we had messed up our reservation a...

After our all nighter we slept until about noon and then went to cascais alms walked around. It was right in a port and was a very well off area of Portugal. We got santini's again, equally good the second time. Then we went to estoril and sat on the beach for a while. That night catarina's mom made us a traditional Portuguese meal of soup and "salada de bacalhau" which was essentially codfish, chickpeas and another type of bean mixed together, and then of cours...