No Rain in Spain!

To begin with, this is the Captain Canada picture that I promised from last post.


The long voyage to Spain has been completed. We made it, with little difficulty to Spain from Budapest, but since President Bush was visiting Budapest, we just had to get out of there. 4 courties, 4 langaues, 3 currencies, 2 plane trips. Plus sleeping on the ground in an airport, lets just say it was a long trip. As we flew over frankfurt the pilot pointed out the soccer game and told us that there was 5 minutes left in the Holland-Argentina game. We could actually see the stadium, which was neat. We had some trouble reaeching Bratislava, from which we were to fly to Frankfurt. It seems that our Eurail pass is not valid there and we had to buy a 23 euro ticket to get from the border to Bratislava. All Dzido had was 5 euros (that he could reach, the others were in his bag), so we clearly couldn´t pay. Luckily there seemed to be some kind of seat sale at that moment because the lady who checks the tickets took the 5 Euro and we were allowed to stay on the train.....yes...seat sale....

We decided before leaving Budapest that we would not be going to Barcelona. We were unable to find a hostel there since it was coming up to the weekend. Rather than fight the crowds we decided to go to a little place called Tarragona, which was a 10 minute busride from where we landed in Spain, whereas Barcelona would have been an hour and a half. This little city (and it is very small) is right on the coast and has a beautiful beach. It also has some fantastic roman ruins and a massive Cathedral, so we are not without things to do. It is definitely off the beaten path, there are few tourists. We have been really luckey finding places like this as we go along. The hostel this time is more of a hotel, but we get our own room (2 beds and a bathroom) for 22 euro per night, so it is still a pretty good deal. Yesterday we explored some of the city and watched the soccer games at night. Today we spent the day on the beach, swimming, playing cards, reading, tanning...it was so nice and relaxing. Unfortunately I forgot to put sun screen on my legs and the result is that they are very burnt. Though the rest of me is looking nice and brown.

In other news, I cut off all my hair...ok maybe that is more main news, but here are some pictures of it.

I just decided that it was not worth the hassle of having hair. It was hotter and required constant showers, something that I does not happen as often as it should. Anyways, it is gone and my head feels much lighter.

There have been fewer funny signs, as it seems that the Czechs are the best in Europe at silly signs, but I like this one from the plane. It is a bit blurry, but during and emergency landing you should not have high heels, glasses or....false teeth? Really? that is your major concern when the plane is on fire?

I will keep my eyes out for others. In the meantime, best wishes to everyone. I am off to explore some more of Spain!