ciao roma! adios barcelona!

the past week has been insanely busy and action packed. freethy and i left florence and headed to rome. we absolutely liked florence much more than rome--it was far too overrun by tourists to be enjoyable. we also found it too big to navigate without the use of the metro (probably also had something to do with the extreme heat). anywho, i'll let the pictures do the talking. 

 

trevi fountain 

 

mmm gelatoooooo

 

pantheon

 

piazza navona with bernini's fontana dei quattro fiumi

oh look! joey showed up! 

 

quintessential dg wave at the coliseum 

 

inside st peter's basilica, vatican city

 

sistine chapel! sooo awesome

 

for you dad. some astronomical tools at the vatican museum. 

 

 

joe at the spanish steps on our last night in rome. 

 

on friday morning, we set off for BARCELONA! we were immediately 1,000 times happier when we arrived in spain. something about the atmosphere was so much different than it was in rome. barcelona is by far the best best best city i've been to. i know i say that a lot, but i really mean it. it was so vibrant and full of life and joe and i met some incredible travelers at the hostels we stayed at. above is joe in the plaza real. 

 

FOOD. WAS. AMAZING. veggies and sangria at les quinze nitz

 

el barrio gottico

 

la boqueria 

 

BEACH! 

 

after a nice relaxing day at the beach and an incredible dinner on the boardwalk. 

 

magical fountain show! 

 

new friends! 

 

parc guell 

 

siiick. 

 

el monument del colom

 

more great food. duck breast with strawberries and sweet potatoes. mmm i licked my plate clean! 

 

our new dutch friends :)

 

joe decided to bring us all to an absinthe bar.... surprisingly, i lived to tell the tale. 

 

 

 

:)

joe and i left barcelona this morning and took an 8 hour busride to madrid, where we are currently relaxing in our lovely 2 star hotel, trying to avoid the 100 degree heat. we will be here for 7 more days and hope to go to salamanca and toledo as well. 

vaya con dios!