So, Florence was incredibly fun! We saw some great museums, ate delicious food and gelato (my favorite, who's surprised...), had a blast dancing at night, and had some fun adventures! We just arrived in Padua today (near Venice) from Rome. That was a fun city, although completely different from Florence. Travelling throughout the city was a little more difficult simply because it was so huge. We toured the Roman Forum, Colisseum (sp?), Capitoline Museum, Borghe...

So, apparently I'm not very good at keeping up with this blogging thing... Madrid was a great visit. As a group we saw all kinds of great places, people, etc. However, I definitely have to say that I enjoyed visiting Barcelona much better. I just felt more comfortable navigating that city. While I was there, friends and I went to the beach (yes, I stuck my feet in the Mediterranian), shopped on La Rambla (way too much...), drank sangria, and eventually picked u...