Well we took a bus last night from Barcelona to Madrid, and it was pretty much the worst thing we´ve ever done on the trip! The seats were terrible, and we didn´t sleep at all. So today we were so out of it that we were both basically sick feeling. We took the bus just so we could get here in time to see the Prado, and well...once we got here we figured out that it was closed today! (we normally check, but this we our only day we could get here so I guess we didn´t even think about it) Anyway, we were really upset, but decided to go to the Museum of Modern Art instead. It was a nice museum, but we were so tired that we walked around for about 2 hours and ... read more

Today was a chill day. We walked around for most of the afternoon taking advantage of all the shopping in Barcelona. We did a bunch of looking in windows and wishing we had room in our backpacks to put more stuff in. There's tons of stuff here that the locals make and sell on La Ramblas. It's such a cool environment, and we managed to do it without getting anything stolen. This evening we went to a flamenco show downtown. The dancers were amazing! Their tapping was in perfect sync! We had fun putting on dresses and looking nice for a change.... read more

Well today was interesting to say the least…We woke up at 3AM after realizing our flight to Barcelona left at 6AM not PM!! WOW are we glad we realized that! Anyway we did make it okay, just exhausted! So we spent a leisurely day at the aquarium in the bay. They had some really great exhibits, although it was a lot smaller than our aquarium at home. Then we spent the afternoon shopping at the mall, until we got so tired that we had to take a nap until dinner. Dinner, let me just say, was an shock of culture. We went to an authentic tapas bar and after looking completely touristy with our translation book, we ordered fries and fried fish. We thought this was safe, but we were wrong. First the fries had mayo ... read more

We started off taking the high speed Eurostar train into Rome. Our hostel wasn’t far from the station, so we were able to drop our bags off and then we headed to the Colosseum. It was such a cool thing to see, and a nice change from the many churches and museums we’ve been used to. It was really cool seeing down inside the floor where they used to keep all the animals before the fights. After we walked around the entire thing, we walked through the Roman Forum. It was amazingly old, but you could still tell where many of the buildings had once been. I tried to imagine what it would have looked like many years ago. We walked by the capitol and the tomb of the unknown soldier on our way to the ... read more

Today was let me just say...interesting to say the least. We decided to tackle the museums today since they'd be closed tomorrow, starting with the Academic Gallery- where Michelangelo's David is located. We got there and there was what looked like a small line just down a small street, we were thinking maybe at most 30min-1 hour. Well...we were sooooo wrong. Three hours, a thunder and lightning storm, and hail later we saw David!!! You have no idea how miserable we were! By the time we had gotten half way through when the rain started, we thought it'd only be a little while longer. Then after the storm, we were determined to see this sculpture. The only good thing about it was that everyone around us was just as miserable, and we made friends with these ... read more