Barcelona is very different than Madrid, not as clean and pretty, but a lot going on and an awesome beach, although with lots of women who maybe shouldn't have bought the thong bathing suit and lots of old men still rockin' the speedos. Everybody just kicks it out on the beach with their drinks all day and night.In the computer room at the hostel, this Polish guy is talking to me and he's been moving around Europe for two years, he said he left Poland because he ...

I loved Madrid, it's a big city but the people are so relaxed, no one was ever in a hurry even in the morning commute. The city has tons of parks and plazas where people just sit and have a beer at any hour of the day. The parks are full of dogs and joggers and nappers and couples and fountains. El Parque de Berlin was my favorite and el Parque de Retiro is huge, Madrid's Central Park. It has a big lake that you can rent little blue rowboats on, it was adorable. ...

The Metro here is soo much nicer than the subway in ny. It took me 3 trains but I ended up at Andrew's building with no problem except that I lost his number and didn't know which apartment number. So I creeped around his building for a couple minutes and then heyyy Andrew walked down the stairs. Lucky timing -- otherwise I was going to take a nap on the stairs. We went to eat around the corner and had a greatttt first meal of my trip, strips of steak that you co...