I've decided not to fight it anymore espeically here in Valencia where the siesta is taken very seriously. I got in around 11 am and let me just say my flight was an experience. The plane was a so small that the wings were above and from my seat I could see the wheels. Man I haven't been on a plane like this (the kind where you walk out to the plane and then up five steps to get inside it) since the Philipines. The flight was quick about 50 minutes, enough for a ...

Today I wanted an overview of Barcelona so I bought a one day ticket on the Barcelona Bus Turistic (aka hop-on-or-off bus). During the winter they only have two routes the red or the blue. The blue bus didn't start until 11am and since I got to the Placa de Catalunya around 10:45 the red bus was the only one availabe. Which was fine since I had to go to church first and what better place to start a Sunday than the most famous church in all of Barcelona...Sagrada ...

The guy at the front counter gave me a map and showed me how to get to Las Ramblas from my hotel. I already figured it out by pouring over the maps these past two weeks but I needed to be assured I was going the right way. He kind of looked at me oddly though when I told him I was going to walk it since it was about a 45 minute walk. But it was nice and when you're in a new city at first you don't really notice how long the walk it because you are too busy lookin...

I'm here! The flight was so long and I really couldn't get much sleep thanks to the two rows in front of me who were talking loudly and the lady behind me kept kicking my seat! I thought sitting next to the galley would be all right since you have the flight attendants near you. yeah I was wrong! Thankfully I packed my inflatable neck rest, IPOD and eye mask, that helped a little bit. I flew from San Francisco to Frankfurt where I had to get my connecting flig...

Right now I'm packing and panicking. Somehow I don't feel so prepared for this trip as I did in my past two trips. For my first solo trip to Paris two years ago, I had several list going and by this time (the night before) I was set and ready to go. This time I feel like I'm just grabbing a suitcase, passport, plane tickets and heading out the door. I don't really know Spanish as well as I'd like just whatever I've picked up from work and reading, which is why I ...