WOW. so much has happened. I’ve been too exhausted to journal and haven’t really had a lot of internet access to update.
Tiana is sleeping and I’m in the hostel lobby. We went to Brussels for the day today and are staying in Cologne because the hostel was cheaper here with better ratings. It’s the shabbiest we’ve stayed in so far, but the other hostels were really luxurious compared to most hostels. Our last hostel was especially nice except that it was too big and someone stole our tomato.
In Barcelona I hung out with some people I met in my 2nd hostel (I had to stay in a diff hostel the 2nd night but it was nice except that I had to take a cold shower in the morning…). It was fun and I got a free dinner bc these 2 guys cooked too much pasta
It rained almost the whole time I was there, and I didn’t really get to see a lot of the Barri Gothic or the castle but I saw the copper fish and beach area. And took pics of the Columbus column during the day. And revisited the Gaudi casas and took night pics etc. and saw the Casa Amatllo which I hadn’t looked at before.
From Barcelona I trained to Geneva which took about10 hours and then another 1 or so to Biel where my hostel was…and then back to Geneva and met up with Tae. Spent ver 5 euro on 4 pieces of Swiss chocolate…Tiana and I visited a ‘cell’ that was 7 billion times teh size of a real cell. it was purple. The hostel in Biel was GREAT.
The next day Tiana and I wnet to Dresden where we stayed 2 nights in a NICE hostel. Christmas markets were mostly closed…on Christmas day…well we saw a lot of pretty things at least and buildings and the city itself is just pretty. Kebaps for Christmas Eve dinner. there are kebap places EVERYWHERE in Europe…literally every street has one…menos in Sevilla but wow in Germany and Brussels they’re EVERYWHERE. German food is DELICIOUS and cheap – both a blessing and a curse depending on if you’re basing it on your wallet or stomach. Paris is going to suck on the wallet. Brussels was pretty pricey. AND THERE ARE PASTRY SHOPS EVERYWHERE. I’ve eaten at least 2 sweets every day since I started traveling – BAD. but they’re so tempting…
Spent 2 nights in Berlin. WONDERFUL Christmas markets. AMAZING I LOVE CHRISTMAS MARKETS.
Now we’re in Cologne and leave for paris in about 13 hours. We wanted to go early today, but there were no seats on the trains…so we’re getting there at night and so I’m going to be in a bit of a rush to see everything on New Years’ Eve since museums close early. Also, we don’t have a place to sleep on NYE and are planning on just staying up all night…everything was booked and what was left was too expensive or had poor ratings. STILL HAVEN’ SENT POSTCARDS…just have a LOT piled up…
Belgium chocolate, waffles, German christmas market waffle, bratwurst, currywurst, hot wine, lots of free samples of a lot of things, lots of pastries for breakfast, delicious fries from belgium…oh european christmas, how i will miss thee
won’t have internet after we get to paris until the 2nd of january and i’ll have to rush packing and souvenir shopping before i leave the evening of the 3rd of january…wish it wasn’t a sunday. it is also supposed to rain the day i leave sevilla, sadly, meaning i won’t be able to enjoy my city the last day and it rained the night before i left sevilla for bilbao. Sevilla is just so sad I am leaving, as am I.