Barcelona

Not surprisingly, FC Barcelona's colors and gear line every major street in this pretty town. Arrived here Tuesday morning after a 14 hour overnight train ride from Milan. Was not too bad of a ride though our sleeper car was hot as hell for the first couple of hours.

Barcelona has been awesome so far, and reminds me of a more cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro. Strolled down La Rambla (the main avenue in Central Barcelona) with a couple people from my hostel mid-day yesterday and walked down to the beach. Very pretty, and very clean. Made it over to La Sagrada Familia in the afternoon - Gaudi´s masterpiece of a cathedral that was started in 1882 and is still being worked on today...on schedule for a 2030 finish. Unique structure, especially as far as cathedrals go.

La Sagrada Familia

Our hostel hosted a sangria party last night then a big group of us went out to a local club until 4:30a. When we left, the place was still bumping (with mostly American music - I was feeling the Flo Rida). But Club Roxy closes early on Tuesdays at 5:30a. Spain knows how to party.

Today I visited the Museo Picasso which was one of my more enjoyable museum experiences. The museum is put together well with stages of Picasso´s life explained (in Catalana, Español, and English) in the front of each room then a series of paintings from that period in his life. Was very interesting to see how his style of painting drastically changed throughout his lifetime. I am a big fan. Also, the guy painted a TON.

Strolled a bit more around the city and enjoyed the sun, and had a nice tapas lunch. Now it´s time for a late afternoon siesta.