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Hola amigos! So as you can tell I am major behind. I briefly mentioned Venice and Florence and we are a few days into Barcelona, so I´m just going to do random highlights/moments in the past week:

--Venice was outragelously expensive. I know I say that about EVERY place we´ve been to, but we´re talking about 7 euros public transportation and 17 euros meals being the minimum you pay to sit down at a restaurant. My favorite was the tourist-erific gondala rides--they only set you 100 euros back for a quick sprint around the city!

--That being said, Venice is beautiful. There are literally no cars. NONE. Everything is by boat. It made the commute back to the hostel at night very romantic.

--I saw the coolest cathedral I´ve ever seen in my life in Venice. Not a spot was untouched. There were multiple marbes and mosaics that looked like they were made from gold. Tons of artwork, and that wasn´t just in Venic alone--all cathedrals in Italy have impressive art collections.

--Florence was the next stop. I liked it, there were some pretty awesome sights but my favorite was a short hike to a nearby hill that offered breathtaking views of the city. The cathedral in the area had monks chanting. It was pretty cool.

--We saw David in Florence. We waited in line for close to 2 hours, but admission was free so it was worth it. And I´ll probably only need to go once. Needless to say, he was very impressive.

--Arrived in Barcelona Tuesday morning via overnight train. Except for the awesome Australians we met along the way, the trip was miserable. The chairs were reclining and I was lucky to get some light sleep, but John I think slept for a total of 2 hours.

--Did a touristy hop-on hop-off bus at the recommendation of a couple we met a bit back. It was great. Barcelona is huge city with lots of hills and beaches at the opposite ends so it was worth getting to see it all in a few hours versus the days it would require to walk it.

--Went to the most bitchin´ farmers market I´ve ever been to. Ate an awesome vegetarian thing that I couldn´t even begin to tell you what was in it. Just lots of fresh veggies! We heard a woman screaming hysterically from around the corner and based on the amount of pickpocketing we´ve heard is prominent here I´m guessing it was something related to that. Regardless, tons of people ran to help her which was really assuring.

--Slept with the noisest snorer ever. I´m not kidding. By the morning I kind of hated her for keeping me up for 2 hours. We should have kept those stinking ear plugs from the train!

Got to go! Write soon!