Cruise ship Americans are hilarious!

For the record Europe is meant to be seen by train. All those who have cruised the Meditterrean, I understand the appeal, but you have not really experienced Europe. Don't mean to offend anyone, just had to put that out there.

our last full day in Barcelona! Sleeping in has become a regualr habit and most places I don't even unpack the alarmclock which is very nice. We've decided to see the rest of Gaudi's buildings today and do just that. He is truly amazing and a genius. I wish we had anything to compare in the states. That night we have booked a Spanish cooking class I'm incredibly excited for. After being Gaudied out we find a bookshop - there's nothing like a good bookshop to make you feel at home. Have to head to the train station to get tickets for our super long journey to Nice tomorrow. Back at the hostel for a nap and to get packed. We head to the travel bar for our cooking class and soon find out that they booked us for the wrong night and there is no cooking class tonight. I'm bummed about it, but they promised to send me the recipes. We decide to go to the beach and have tapas, paella, and sangria anyway. We stop for paella and are incredibly amused by the group of 4 Americans sitting behind us in absolute culture shock. They worry about undercooked tuna (tuna is supposed to be served medium rare, duh), complain about the smoking allowed in restaurants, yell Spanglish at our English speaking server, are appalled by the family at the restaurant next door letting the 2 year old play with a cigarette. Jessie and I are cracking up and decide Jessie needsto change her pnts in front of them since nudity is legal in Spain as long as you keep your shoes on. We take care of our check and head to the open area, but unfortunately another group stops obstructing the view, so our plan has failed. Instead we walk the beach and just hangout there for awhile before paella. The paella was awesome - incredibly fresh shellfish and the waiter totally encouraged my playing with my food, especially the stuff with heads and claws! overall we had a great time in Barcelona.

The next day we had a 10 hour train ride to Nice. The day to rest was very nice and needed. Just hung out at the hostel in Nice that night and got ready to go to the beach the next day!