What follows below is a mega entry, encompassing three cities in three countries over 7 days. We spent the last two days in Barcelona at the beach, which is the major reason to go to Barcelona. The weather was perfect and the beach was amazing, and it was a much-needed respite from the rigors of traveling as often as we have. The beach of Barcelona is packed with beautiful topless women working on their tans. Barcelona is a much nicer tourist destination than Madrid, in all respects -- the food was better, the central area (Las Ramblas) was more fun, and, of course, the beach. We took a night train from Barcelona to Paris. It was an interesting experience. We purchased a sleeping cabin, which was more like a sleeping compartment -- we were filed away
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