Hola! We are half way through day 2 of Seville, Spain. Yesterday we conquered the next big adventure of our jourmey: figuring out how to activate our rail passes and use the train system. It turned out to be incredibly easy. We walked for about fifteen minutes from our hostel in Madrid, walked in, got a ticket, and were in Seville checking into our next hostel 3 hours later. Navigating the train station in Madrid in Spanish was simpler than any train station I´...

We did it! After years of anticipation and months of planning, Anna and I have begun our European backpacking journey. We arrived this morning at 8 (though it felt like 2AM). We found our hostel easily. It is beautiful, in an 18th century building, and super cheap. This is definitely the way to travel. After a 4 hour nap, we wandered around and got our bearings and ate some tapas. Anna is currently contemplating why she ever left the country without looking up &q...