au revoir and hola españa

paris ended up being just awesome, some trends we noticed 1)crepes are excellent 2)little kids speakign french is pretty funny 3)for some reason, drinking beer in the street outside didnt go over so well with some people 4)there are a lot of blind people in france 5)no fat people in france 6)tons of kebabs all over

the louvre was pretty sweet, mona lisa was nice. even cooler was the fact that there was no line to see it. saw winged victory and other popular pieces. arc di triomphe was excellent. the thing is massive. that whole area is so rich with history. really neat to see.. socre couere was beautiful up on the hill despite the pouring rain. this was after a few sodas mind you, we managed to get in to the actual church but were yelled at for something about taking pictures.. who would have known. moulin rouge was disgusting to be quite honest, plenty of door guys yelling for us to ocme in and see the girls. we managed to find this small ass piano bar tucked away near socre couere that proved to be pretty awesome despite the €20 for two beers. champs elysee had soem cool stores and neat bars earlier that day. overall, despite the rain and cold paris was a proclaimed winner. i just wish i could have snagged more food.. who would have guesssed.

getting in to madrid was pretty sweet because there was sunshine.. surprised the hell out of both nate and i as we awoke from our slumber on the plane. pulling out the spanish skills has been fun to be honest. i cant say i am spot on with a lot of stuff, but a good time giving it the old college try. our new hostel in madrid is smack dab in the middle of everything which is cool compared to the hells half acre we had to walk to get in to the good parts of paris from our last hostel. we tried to see real madrid play a match earlier today but the game was over by the time we landed and got situated in the hostel.

we just got back from a cool dinner, some spanish paella and wine. there is a shit ton of christmas celebration in the streets, im talking tons of people dancing all around and stuff. kind of neat to be honest. i am just happy it is warmer. tomorrow plan to see picasso´s guernica which is just around the corner at one of the museums and then snag a tour of the real madrid futbol stadium. we have 2 full days and part of another in madrid before we take a night train to barcelona and have a lot more time there.