...& we're back!!

Kinda happy and sad at the same time...The past month has been one heck of a ride!!

Everyone asks if i'd do this whole backpacking thing again (altho' i must for the record, admit i used a trolley bag. haha...) & i say, "Well.....................maybe." :) Living out of a bag for a month was insane....It was a crazy experience; we met soooo many awesome people & saw soooo many awesome places, but i gotta admit...it was f-ing tiring alot of the time!!!

An AWESOME time, nonetheless.

& I'm missing so many parts of it already...Sitting at the tuileries gardens with our wine & cheese, walking down Portobello street market with old ladies selling their lives-worth of jewelery while somewhere down the street amidst the crowd someone's blasting old records, tanning on the beach at cannes while the paparazzi click away at celebs on the sidewalk, standing atop the duomo in milan & taking in that jaw-dropping view, crossing the rialto bridge in venice & thinking this place truly is like no other, having tapas and beer with friends we thought we'd most probably never see again, waking up in the morning to tiesto beats in the distance in ibiza with the party from the previous nite still pumping in our veins, enjoying the best paella by the beach in Barcelona, & of course the shopping oh the shopping.........................

So for now, i think i'm stickin' to "...maybe." :)

The land of Gaudi & more things Gaudi.

hi mom/dad/ck/everyone else!!

We're having breakfast here in our hostel in Barcelona (Hello BCN). Toast, croissants, super gd expressos...(Note to self: Buy coffee & chocolate powder before we leave Spain!!)

The weather has been absolutely beautiful here in Barcelona, (not as cold as Madrid was a couple of days ago), & not as hot as it was in Ibiza (35 degrees!!!). There's a nice sun out all day, with that cool (but not chilly) breeze. I'm lovin' it. :) Finally. Weather that's Val-friendly!

Yesterday we walked around our area...Went to Placa Real, Catalunyan, La Boqueria Market, walked down Las Ramblas (shops shops & more shops)...But we keep seein' all the same shops around!!! (Zara, Mango, Bershka, Pimkie...) Where are all the other local Barcelonean shops?!??!?

Today we're off to the Sagrada Familia church, before we hit Parc Guell (i can't absolutely wait!!). Then maybe we're gonna see the Magic Fountain.

Laterssss!!

v.

IBIZA WAS *******-AMAZINGGGG!!!

haha...That's all i've got to say about it, really.

I don't even know where to start. 'Cept...that i'll have to buy an apartment there & return!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

O.M.....GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.

My body's in Barcelona, but my mind & heart's definitely lost in that island...somewhere.