Our last day here. It was very warm again today. We came this morning into a nicer part of town - much busier, and more filled with tourists. We are staying at a nice 3-star hotel. It's a big step up from where we stayed the last two nights. We went to the Palacio Real and took a tour - it's a crazy place. Very lavishly decorated, but fun to see. Got hungry earlier than usual, so we found the Hard Rock Cafe here, and got some drinks, food, and a very tasty dessert. We saw the cool skyline bar they had too -- it was the New York skyline hanging from the ceiling. On the way back to the hotel we went into a store to look around and I found a really cute skirt. ... read more

I started not feeling well today. I hope i'm not getting sick. But at least if I do, we are at the end of our trip. But I still hope I don't -- nothing worse than a long flight when you're sick. Anyway... This morning we got up, checked out and went for a "traditional" breakfust of Spain: Chocolate con Churros. It was really good. We got some Churros (no sugar on them or anything) and a small cup of thick hot chocolate-like liquid. We dipped our churros in and it was delicious! We need breakfust like that at home :D We then went to Passeig de Gracia, which is a street that has some Modernist buildings. We saw two by Gaudi -- La Pedrera and Casa Battlo. They were both cool, but I liked Casa ... read more

Today was really nice. The weather was gorgeous (and warm) and I just had a good time. We checked out of our lame hotel and took the Metro into the main area - Placa Catalunya/La Rambla. La Rambla is a BIG street, so we figured we could find something. We are staying off the main street in the Hostal Rembrant. It only costs 35 euro a night, and it's better than the last place -- we even have a small balcony! After dumping our stuff off we went and had lunch at Les Quinze Nites - a nice restaurant where we split Paella. It was really good. The Sangria we had was alright, but it hit me very quickly ;) Then we took the Metro up a bit and walked to Parc Guell. It was pretty ... read more

Sorry I didn't write last night. It was a long day (and night). We got up early to go to the Uffizi, and ended up waiting about 3 and a half hours in line to get in. I was tired and my feet hurt a lot. We saw THE BIRTH OF VENUS (aka Venus on the Half Shell) and THE ALLEGORY OF SPRING, as well as a couple of Da Vinci paintings. But mostly the Uffizi is the greatest museum for boring religious renaissance art. It wasn't worth the wait. But we had cannolies for breakfust, some pizza for lunch, checked our e-mail, finally sent our postcards and killed time. We sat in a small park and played cards until dinner. We waited at the train station forever and our train finally came. Itwas only an ... read more

Today was a lot of fun, but my feet hurt so bad!! We got up this morning (no alarm) and headed toward the Uffizi - but the line was incredibly long. We walked around and at the Palazzo Vecchio and Loggia della Signora we saw the replica of the David, and there was a big square with lots of people. We walked to (and over) the Ponte Vecchio to the Palazzo Pitti. We went and walked through the massive garden (Gardino di Boboli). It was pretty and had a lot of fountains and statues to look at. The sun was also out today, which was very nice :) I hope it stays for the rest of our trip! The garden was mostly uphill, so we did a lot of walking. Afterwards we passed by the Uffizi ... read more