Barcelona...Nice...Where am I?

Greetings to the two people that probably read this! My Mom and Dad! Ok maybe there's a few more...

Laura and I haven't been able to find computers in recent days and all of a sudden I'm in Nice, France. Barcelona was really beautiful and the hostel we stayed in was more like a hotel so that was great. We finally did some laundry but took it a bit easier as Madrid saw us pull a lot of late nights. Our hostel was in a decent aread but not somewhere that I would wander late at night which was a shame. The architecture and museums, lots of Gaudi and Picasso, were amazing. We spent an afternoon on the beach and walked everywhere. The Sagrada Familia, Gaudi's unfinished church masterpiece, was truly the highlight of our visit and happened to be about ten minutes from our hostel. We loved it so much we went there three times. It really took my breath away. For someone who isn't remotely enamored with religion it was really eye opening for me to see what that kind of belief can inspire. Really beautiful.

We got up super early and hopped on the train for 9.5 hours to get to Nice. It was great to take the train and go up the coast but 9 hours of sitting anywhere can make you go crazy. By the end of it I actually relished having 35 pounds on my back and walking. Our hostel in Nice is great and due to some booking confusion we were lucky enough to get a room to ourselves for one night. Yay! After a shower and a bit of french telly ( je ne comprends pas...) we hit the town for a late dinner. Laura and I walked by the hotel I stayed at with my family 4 years ago and settled on a restaurant appropriately named "Le Pizza." You really can't go wrong there. It was across from one called "Le Quebec" and seemed fitting. We both enjoyed pasta and a bottle one wine...mmm. Our neighbors (a french couple from Toulouse and a local from Nice) asked us where we were from and before we knew it Laura and I had had two more glasses of Rose and a lemoncello thanks to our new French friends. They proceeded to show us around Nice a bit but we eventually had to pull the plug when they wanted "more champagne!"....any more drinking and Laura and I were both not going to wake up the next day. Ahhh France.

After breakfast and a bit of shopping I am at an internet cafe in Nice. Tonight we are attending a spaghetti party at our hostel....all you can eat for 1€ and wine included. I do love France. Tomorrow we'll hit the beach and head to Monaco for some site seeing. Not sure when I'll find a computer next and there sure doesn't seem to be time for photos so I'm very sorry for those of you only interested in pictures of sites and not my descriptions of them. I will put pictures up eventually....although I doubt it will be until I return to the UK. That's all for now! Je vous adore! Vive le France! (???)