The rest of, Spain...

After leaving Josh in Barcelona I met up with Mikaila, eventually, and dropped my bags in her cousins (Liam) flat in the city. Already plans had been made for that night so soon after getting changed I had a drink in my hand and was walking across Barcelona to meet up with a group of Liam's mates. While waiting, I had my first ever McBeer! It was actually quite drinkable... Next stop was some classy nightclub. After a taxi-ride, 15euro's and strong strong vodka to ease the pain of the expensive entry fee it was time to party! And thats what happened.

Morning came and it was time to do a bit of sight seeing. So Mikaila, Hannah and I went walkabout over the city. We went and saw the La Sagrada Familia which was just unbelievable. The detail and time that has gone into this temple is amazing! You could stand there for hours admiring it without ever getting close to seeing every single piece of Gaudi's designs. The inside wasn't as fascinating as the exterior but from the top we had a great view across Barcelona.

In the evening we were taken down to the beach for a beach party by Liam and his girlfriend, Maria. Sooner than later we realized that this "beach party" was a "gay beach party" and the "beach" was a "nudist beach"... Can you imagine what our eye's had to endure?

The next day Mikaila jumped on a hop-on hop off bus and I decided to take a walk around the city. I started off in Las Ramblas and took a walk looking at all the street performers and pet-stands on the side of the street where you can buy anything from turtles to spiders to lizards to squirrels! Then I crossed paths with a very weird man. This man was wearing no clothes, just shoes, and had a tattoo of a pair of undies where they should have been. I then noticed that he had two eyes tattooed either side of his penis, making it look like a face with a long nose!!! It was more amusing watching the unsuspecting onlookers expressions.

That was that for Barcelona and Mikaila and I had decided we'd take a few days to go up to San Sebastian. So away we went...

San Sebastian was a really nice city. I think there were 3 beaches and plenty of nice places to eat and drink at night. We kind of spoiled ourselves a bit and went out every night for dinner and drinking plenty of sangria. One day we decided to take a big walk up the mountain where a big statue of Jesus stands. The view from the top was incredible and was definitely worth the walk up, unlike the statue...

Next stop was Madrid where we were to meet back up with Hannah. The bus ride was awful, four smelly Arab people, two of which were females who burped every 5 minutes. Thats enough said about that.

Madrid was really nice. I was glad that I could get back there again after only spending a night there with Josh a few weeks earlier. The first day we were there Hannah hadn't arrived yet so Mikaila and I went and hired a row boat in the Retiro park to unwind a bit in the sweltering heat.

Later on that night we had plans to watch a bullfight in the main arena. Hannah just made it in time to the fight, we snatched up our tickets and quickly sat down. Before long a bull was out in the ring and the Matador's were stabbing it with spears and throwing darts into it's back and then it was dead, soon to be dragged from the ring by three donkeys. That night we got to see 7 bulls get killed, some much quicker than others and some much more slowly and gruesome.

The next day the three of us went for a sight seeing walk and ended up going into the Palacio Real, a big palace with over 2000 rooms all of which are extremely exquisite. I think its meant to be where the King holds his ceremonies and dinners etc. It was hard to sneak some photos while in there but I managed to get a couple. One day you'll see them!

For our last night we grabbed some sangria, played Gin Rummy and got drunk. It was a good way to end the Spain leg of my trip. In the morning I said goodbye to the girls and jumped on my flight to Berlin, Germany...