Days 15-18 - Barcelona and the trip out of Spain

On our final day in Madrid we re-visited our favorite restaurant.  El Museo de Jamon (The Ham Museum) was awesome again, as a full sandwich costs only 1 euro.  Each of us went there on seperate occasions at least 4 times during our stay.

The trip to Barcelona took only 3 hours by train so we had a free night at our new hostel.  We hung out in the lobby for most of it talking with various people from around the world.  We met more Australians (they are everywhere here) and rested up for the upcoming beach day.

After sleeping in we made our way to the beach.  The walk was full of street performers and of course I needed a picture.

 

 The beach itself was awesome.  We had a great time checking out the cultural differences between Spain and America.  The main thing I noticed is that it's perfectly okay for women to be topless at the beach. 

 

Mickey and I ended up swimming all the way to the rocks on the left-hand side of the picture.  

After discovering that absinthe is legal in Spain I decided I needed a temporary tattoo from some guy at the beach. 

An eagle, Go America

This is the worst tasting thing on the planet

 We stayed at the beach until dark and saw some guy building a ridiculous sandcastle with fire and a moat.

Mickey and Adrian decided to go back to the hostel but I went on to a pool party in the hills of Barcelona.  Unfortunately it was too dark for most pictures but it was definitely a fun time. 

The party location

Our last full day in Barcelona was full of sleep, general sightseeing and recovering from exhaustion.  Spain has such a crazy lifestyle and all of us needed time to take it easy.  

The plan for today was to head to Germany but we found out it would take 27 hours of travelling by train.  We decided instead to return to Paris and set out on our way.  Of course the transfer to Paris from Perignon was sold out so we are now stranded here in Southern France.  The trains to Paris are full for the next 2 days.

Our plan now is to spend 2 days here and then head to Amsterdam.  Mickey flies out of there on the 28th so we have to make it up there.  Who knows, maybe Perignon will be fun?

Scott