Spain

It's quite lovely here. It's slower and less hectic, compared to Italy. I prefer it, thus far. We're in Barcelona right now, leaving in the morning for Sevilla for two nights there. Spent today walking around and saw the big Gaudi church (Sangrada Familia? No idea..) and then Parc Guell, another of his works. It's weird stuff, really off the wall. Not sure if I like it, but neat still. Tried to find a Spanish flag for 5€ today, but apparently that is much too cheap. I think I offended a couple shop owners, but I will not pay one penny over! Bastards.. I'll go to a market! Speaking of markets, we were in one today and I saw skinned sheep heads. They scared me and I'm glad Jill was too busy chowing down on mango to notice. I did not like it. But we did have delicious fruit. And shwarma for lunch! So delicious; stuffed with humus and veggies and sesame sauce. LOVE IT. I want more! Ciao for now! love andie. ps. I'm dying for clotted cream on scones with strawberry jam!! Thanks to Kate I now have that as one of my fave things to dream about..

France and Italy

Rest of France was brilliant! Spent the day in Dijon after Paris and rented bicycles. Drank cheap red wine in a gorgeous park and ate baguette with camembert cheese and jam and organic strawberries. Amazing. Stayed overnight in Lyon before the beginning of a 24 hour period of travel. Trained to Milan, then an overnighter to Naples, then a ferry to the island of Capri. Then a bus to the centre of Anacapri where we wandered about finding our "hostel" which is conveniently now a three star hotel. It was nice though. Gelato! Delicious! We both like the chocolate pistacchio one we found in Rome, where we went after one night on Capri. Rome for just one night, did not get to see too much but did manage to get one helluva sunburn, still hurts today. So hot. I did not enjoy it. Now we are in Florence and it is really lovely! We are camping a little campground outside of the centre overlooking the city. Decided to slow down and stay here for three nights. Tomorrow we are off to La Spezia and the Cinque Terre. Trying to figure out where to stay.. and how to get there. Will stay there for two nights before trekking across the French Riviera and into Spain. Getting hot everywhere now, hope it is not too too bad for the rest of the trip! Thanks mom, for giving me your heat-intolerance. hah. Love you guys, hope everything is well back home. andie and Jillian.

Paris!!

London was great, saw Westminster Abbey, London Tower, Tower Bridge and had a lovely walk along the Thames. Found 1pound cappuccinos and delicious pastries. Saw a play called Madame de Sade starring none other than Dame Judi Dench! Crazy cool! Made it to Paris; feels like it took a long time to get here! The overnight coach was pretty awful, we got woken up to go through customs, then to get on the ferry, then off the ferry.. stupid, very little sleep was had. Took a long time to get to our hostel after getting to the correct metro station, walked past the turn... way past. Then we weren`t allowed to check in until 3pm. So.. running on extreme empty, we went into the heart of Paris to Place St Michele and went on a free walking tour for 3.5 hours and saw all the touristy things, it was fantastic! Then we kept the adrenalin flowing and went for a tour of Montmartre.. the Moulin Rouge area. Really cool area, my favourite neighbourhood by far. Staying in Paris for two more nights then off to Dijon and past that... who knows! This keyboard is not normal and is exceedingly difficult to type with. Need some sleep! And a little more 3€ red wine, haha. love andie.