Planes, trains, and automobiles.... And oh yeah, BOATS!!! That pretty much summarizes the final, awesomely long day of our trip. We grabbed some espresso and met up with Dave in the morning - we're going to take a boat tour of the Rhine!! This is something we had both wanted to do at the beginning of our trip, but it was just too far away from Berlin and Munich. So, on our final day in Europe, here we are! A quick train ride brought us to the start of the tour...

Adiós, Barcelona.... You've been wonderful.... We will hopefully see you again. In the meantime, time to move on to the final destination in this wonderful journey - BACK TO GERMANY!! Woot woot!! Bright and early, we hopped on a tiny, speedy plane to Frankfurt. It's so good to be back in Germany! Although we suddenly couldn't read signs or understand anyone around us, but at this point, we're pretty used to that. I can't wait to be home, just so I don't have to...

A whole day in Barcelona!!! Here we go!! We just wanted to explore this awesome city. We took the metro to the stop for the Picasso museum. But the line was an eternity long. And who wants to spend their one day in Barcelona waiting in line? So we started walking, and kept walking, and covered some of the coolest parts of the city. We walked down to the Olympic Park where the 1992 Olympics were held. We had mojitos and beer by the ocean. We ate delicious paella...

Ahhh, España! It's so good to see you again. It's been 8 long years! I was a completely different person when I studied abroad in Alicante.... And who ever thought I would be rounding out the end of a 3 week trip with my papa when I finally made it back. I'm so happy we're here. We had a relatively easy 5 hour train ride to Barcelona. We got off the train and walked to our hotel - the best hotel yet!!! Big rooms, a pool, good location, perfect! We dropped off ou...

Bonjour! Bon voyage! Au revoir! Au contraire! Merci beaucoup! It was kinda fun to actually be able to use fun French phrases today.... Even though that pretty much covers all the ones I know. And some of the French weren't too happy with that... Anyways.... We made it work. It was a perfectly perfect day. 75 and sunny. We did our usual thing and caught an open-top tour bus to get an overview of the city. This took us everywhere, including to the very top of th...