Quiero Espana!

To continue my whirlwind tour of Europe, I spent last weekend in San Sebastian, Spain (on the north coast near the French boarder). Clearly undaunted by the deep feeze weekend in Stockholm last month, Annie saddled up (leaving the backpack behind) and jumped on the plane. To add a little excitement (and challenge) to the trip, we decided to rent a car! After a raining friday night, we opened the patio doors on Saturday morning to find blue skies and sunny weather. Lucky us!

Well we decided not to waist the day, so we climbed (yah climbed...) the mountain outside town and got a glimpse of the amazing setting of San Sebastian!


Not a bad view, eh?

The weather on Saturday was amazing, considering the last two trips were in sub-zero Sweden and Prague. We definitely made the best of things and enjoyed the opportunity to walk on the beach.

It's pretty sweet to leave the grey and gloom of London and spend a weekend in the sun and fun of Spain...

Sunday the rain returned and with it we jumped back in the car and road tripped the northern coast of Spain, making frequent potty breaks and picture stops...

It was really fun having a car. You get the chance to see and visit places you wouldn't if you counted on trains and buses. Despite the fact that if life depended on it I wouldn't be able to find a freekin' gas station in Spain, I'm a huge fan of having wheels.

I'll be the first to admit, there was a time I was a little lost, okay not just a little lost, like not on a 'real' road... but with a some optimism and complete lack of respect for posted traffic signs everything seemed to work out...

Truly an AMAZING weekend! (my feet)

London Boroughs:

Well, I've been in London the last few weekends and doing a little bit of exploring. I'm beginning to realise how big and diverse London is... for example.

Notting Hill- home of the Hugh Grant / Julia Roberts love-affair and a market selling antiques, produce, and all types of books...



On the opposite side of the spectrum, but the same side of the river, Camden- home of the London punk scene (apparently not just an 80s thing) and a massive market where you can buy anything imaginable that's made of leather and get tattoos and all sorts of piercing...


So, the dudes in the last picture- The one's holding a sign that says "Pictures £1." It seems that they stand on the bridge over Camden Lock and 'let' people pose in pictures with them. One of the guys was not exactly happy that I took a picture of the bridge without paying his toll...

Czech it out!

So, I was in Prague last weekend, and I'll tell you one thing, it was cold! I'm mean there's Stockholm cold, and then there's Prague- really- cold. Sure, it looks warm and sunny- sunny sure, but 'could I BE wearing anymore clothes!'

I flew from London to the land of the 30 kc beer on Thursday night, and met up with my friends Tina and Alex- who are living in Prague and working as English teachers. I had a wide awakening while visiting one of Alex's classes on Friday morning when I realised the people in Prague know english better than I do. I mean really, what the hell is a past perfect participle? Sorry Mr Verver.

Friday night- a real Eastern European hockey game! It's great to know that half way across the world, hockey has three universal qualities...

Ice-

Fights-

and Zambonies-

Hey, Hey, Go Slavia!

After a healthy breakfast on Saturday morning we were off to see the city! And what a city.

I mean it was really cold (-10 Celsius during the day) and it's been so long since it was above freezing that well- just have a look at these steps...

My favorite thing about Prague you ask... this guy-

and these guys...