Madrid Algiciras gibralterSUMMATRY FOR TRAVEL BLOG Madrid was a quick stop of about 5 hours befor I had to get my train, which was on the other side of town and made for a good excuse to tour through the big sights. I saw the big ones and I was not blown away, much of the sights seemed to be under construction. I did see some cool identical towers that reminded me of V for Vendeta. I tried some freaking great paistries in a shop near a government office where I got in trouble for taking a picture. Then I was off to the south. The train ride to Algociras was the best part of Algiciras. It was a slummy port city and I was not impressed.  The next day I went to Gibraltar! This was ... read more

I got off the train from Paris in the afternoon and made my way to a hostel that was near the tower. I was pooped that first night so did not see anything, not even the tower since the building were all a few stories tall around me. The next day I started my day at Notre Dame which was nice, in was Sunday so I got to see mass. I did some wondering and saw other sights in the area and made my way to Pompidiou center where there is a motern art museum. It was featuring feminist art which was a variety of cool, disturbing and graphic. There were also the main exhibit of famous works like Warhol, Pollock and Dali which was very nice. The building itself was awesome. All the structure and ... read more

My dad and I are off to Yosemite to explore for the weekend. We are meeting up with the Pehl side of the family to hike Half Dome. There are about seven of us doing the hike. I really had to talk my dad into the hike so I am hoping he does not kick this off his bucket list.... read more