Valles Sabadell

... and Prague may lose out on my favorite city. It is very clean and maybe it is the fact that it is not quite as hot and the people are polite that make it so nice... we´ll see tomorrow I guess! August 14, 2008: Okay lets try that again... the entry was deleted! Anyway today was my first day investigating Barcelona. I walked down to the main square and while I was deciding what to do I noticed the hop on/hop off ...

... me. As I walk step by step closer to my apartment (and the still open two restaurants nearby) ... he picks up his pace. I see him fumbling with something in his right hand. Its a knife. Great. Now the adrenaline is REALLY pumping. I look at him, point at the knife and say with the most commanding and rebuking voice I can muster, "No!...." ... a couple of steps more, breaking my eye contact with him as if I'm not scared to death, ... and now wagging my finger a bit as if halfway ...

... eating "early" at 9PM, we did not leave the restaurant until 1:30AM!!! May 11: We woke up the next morning, none the worse for our bacchanalian festivities the night before, and I immediately drew the curtains to look at the sky. O joy as I saw blue sky and just the merest suspicion of a cloud. We took the metro and funicular to Montjuic and stood in line to get into the Museo Miro. My only advice is that no matter how long the line may be, and how ...

... a church on the top as well as a restauarnt. Like true Spainards, we took a ciesta and had a glass of white wine while looking down on the city. By the time we got back down the mountain the time change, all the activity, and the wine had got to us, and we spent the rest of the bus ride on the top deck enjoying the breeze and the sights. Its now time for a late dinner and I think a mucho largo cervesa. More bus tour tomorrow!

... around for Chile, you’ll be depressed to find out that yes, I am incredibly dedicated to writing these darn things because they are my diary.

So, if you feel like you are getting to know me better because you read these, then you should be weirded out because you are getting to see the inner workings of my brain. Actually I find that sometimes I don’t actually think about these things that I write, it just sort of comes out. Weird, yeah I ...

... discount at the Burberry outlet store - the decision was clear! After sleeping in a bit, we went out, mailed Steph's app, bought the above-mentioned jerseys, and made our way to meet Debbie in another area of the city, having a coffee and a pastry on the way. The Burberry experience was great - although I think we all just ended up buying a whole lot of scarves! But they were gorgeous, and the deals were incredibel - I owe you Debs ...

... all the place names were in Catalan! Was I dumb to not know that...seriously? Spain had an AMAZING hostel (Mambo Tango, I strongly reccomdend it if you make it to Barcelona in the near future) relaxing beaches, fun streets to wander, yummy tapas and sangria....what more could you ask for? Stop 3, Geneva. Only had a MILLION problems getting to the airport, that resulted in me sprinting ALL over the airport in with ...

... eeoow' only to be told that was Catalan for goodbye! Ho hum. Having had our fill we headed down to the marina, then to the beach and then walked back up to the gardens (Parc de la Ciutadella) which had the most beautiful fountain (Gaudi and Fontsere designed it). Barcelona is so easy to walk around but even so we must have walked miles and miles. We thoroughly enjoyed it though. That evening we stopped at the local supermarket and stocked up on a few supplies as it was just us ...

... that I looked like Tom Hanks in Castaway. They were pretty jet lagged, so we took it easy for that first day. The next day we explored the city, in true Cropp fashion, which is to say, we made wrong turn after wrong turn getting further and further away from any point of interest. Eventually, we bought tickets for a tourist bus that took us around the city and pointed things out to us. Barcelona has some stunning buildings, most notably the Gaudi´s. We got to see most of ...

... The student cards are easily replaceable-this will be my 4th Drexel ID and I can get another ISC card once I get back to Paris with my photocopies for a 10-15 euro fee. Now, after all the SMALLER issues, I had to work on the passport. This morning my first stop was to the Barcelona Police Station, conveniently located right around the corner of the hostel. What a nice stroll to start the day in. I had an intriguing tall, dark, and handsome SPANISH officer help me out... I ...