just ending our last day at the internet cafe.
had a good day in Barcelona...its HOT.
saw all of Gaudi's stuff......the block of discord, la pedrera, sagrada familia, parc guell.
went by Barcelonas futbol stadium then had some paella and sangria!
just wanted to blog one last time.
we have to get up at 4am (it's almost 10pm now) so we're gonna pack and sleep for a few hours.
talk to you all tomorrow!
love
elise & matt
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Barthelona
feeling a lot better today but still can't wear my contacts so i'm walking around like a blind bat with my glasses on which are a few prescriptions behind haha.
our flight from Madrid was uneventful then we headed to our hotel on Las Ramblas.
It's one of the nicer ones we've been at with a full size shower!!!
As soon as we got in, we had some Burger King (i know....but we´re getting sick of deciphering menus) and then headed to the Picasso Museum which we both loved.
Dad - see if you can find me some prints of "the Pichones" they were my fave.
now we're headed back to las ramblas to drop off some stuff and then we're gonna go watch the futbol game at an irish pub haha.
auntie jane - i emailed you the flight info with my NEU email, for some reason AOL isn't working on this computer. so i hope you got it.
the weather is beautiful here, and we're near the beach. tomorrow we're checking out Gaudi's stuff.....la sagrada familia, la pedrera, park guell so hopefully it will be nice again.
can't wait to show you all the photos!
love
elise & matt
our flight from Madrid was uneventful then we headed to our hotel on Las Ramblas.
It's one of the nicer ones we've been at with a full size shower!!!
As soon as we got in, we had some Burger King (i know....but we´re getting sick of deciphering menus) and then headed to the Picasso Museum which we both loved.
Dad - see if you can find me some prints of "the Pichones" they were my fave.
now we're headed back to las ramblas to drop off some stuff and then we're gonna go watch the futbol game at an irish pub haha.
auntie jane - i emailed you the flight info with my NEU email, for some reason AOL isn't working on this computer. so i hope you got it.
the weather is beautiful here, and we're near the beach. tomorrow we're checking out Gaudi's stuff.....la sagrada familia, la pedrera, park guell so hopefully it will be nice again.
can't wait to show you all the photos!
love
elise & matt
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Madrid
hola!
our flight got into Madrid around 11:30 this morning but we had to leave Rome at 6:15 so it was an early morning!
Got to our hotel which is nice and in walking distance of everything (although we're not really sure what to do here....)
I'm feeling a little better but still needed to rest after our flight and by the time our siesta was over it was too late to go to any of the sights (Prado Museum or Palacio Real) but neither of them were high on our priority list so it's fine with us.
Just had some churros con chocolate and we´re at this cool internet cafe inside a restaurant....you put the money into a slot like a pay phone.
We don't have much time here in Madrid - leave for Barcelona on a 1:30 flight tomorrow- so not sure what we´re doing with the rest of our time.
Probably just tapas y beer.
Only one more stop on this whirlwind tour of Europe. I feel like I´ve been gone forever. London was so long ago! We were looking through our cameras yesterday and half of the stuff we took pictures of I can barely remember seeing haha.
I guess that´s what little rest does to your memory.
I know the language here at least so it makes it a little easier. They have weird Spanish accents though - not like the Latin American ones that I'm used to hearing. (they say "th" where for "c")
I just realized i've been using accent marks as apostrophes this whole time haha. guess you'll just have to deal!
OH and guess what??? it's raining here!
Hopefully the weather in BarTHelona will be nicer because most of the stuff we want to see is outside.
See you all very soon! We both can't wait to be home, we've burnt ourselves out and need a vacation from this vacation. At least I'm unemployed and on infinite vacation! haha
Love
Elise (matt's across the room checking his fantasy team)
our flight got into Madrid around 11:30 this morning but we had to leave Rome at 6:15 so it was an early morning!
Got to our hotel which is nice and in walking distance of everything (although we're not really sure what to do here....)
I'm feeling a little better but still needed to rest after our flight and by the time our siesta was over it was too late to go to any of the sights (Prado Museum or Palacio Real) but neither of them were high on our priority list so it's fine with us.
Just had some churros con chocolate and we´re at this cool internet cafe inside a restaurant....you put the money into a slot like a pay phone.
We don't have much time here in Madrid - leave for Barcelona on a 1:30 flight tomorrow- so not sure what we´re doing with the rest of our time.
Probably just tapas y beer.
Only one more stop on this whirlwind tour of Europe. I feel like I´ve been gone forever. London was so long ago! We were looking through our cameras yesterday and half of the stuff we took pictures of I can barely remember seeing haha.
I guess that´s what little rest does to your memory.
I know the language here at least so it makes it a little easier. They have weird Spanish accents though - not like the Latin American ones that I'm used to hearing. (they say "th" where for "c")
I just realized i've been using accent marks as apostrophes this whole time haha. guess you'll just have to deal!
OH and guess what??? it's raining here!
Hopefully the weather in BarTHelona will be nicer because most of the stuff we want to see is outside.
See you all very soon! We both can't wait to be home, we've burnt ourselves out and need a vacation from this vacation. At least I'm unemployed and on infinite vacation! haha
Love
Elise (matt's across the room checking his fantasy team)
Monday, May 21, 2007
On an evening in Roma....
Made it to Rome....our train was delayed from Florence so by the time we got in, we found our hotel and waited until the morning to explore. We started off with a trip to the Colosseum and the Forum which was amazing. From there we went to the Cappucin Crypts which I thought were awesome but Matt thought they were going to be underground with bones lining the walls (those are the ones in Paris that we didnt go to). I wish we could have taken pictures in there because it was so cool the way they made art out of the bones of 4000 skeletons.
After that we saw the Trevi Fountain and Spanish Steps which were both jammed with tourists.
Grandma - we saw the McDonalds near the Spanish Steps. It was so funny to see it made out of all marble countertops and stuff.
From there, we went to an Italian supermarket to get some bread and cheese for a snack. And then later went to dinner at a little place around the corner from our hotel.
The food is good but yours is better, grandma.
I came down with some sort of cold/cough/conjunctivitis combo which is just lovely! so today I didnt even feel like getting out of bed. But i wouldnt have forgiven myself if I didnt so we went to the Vatican Museum (sistine chapel) and St. Peters. To tell you the truth, i was so sick I dont even think I looked around much but from what i saw, it was really nice. We waited in a line that was probably a mile long for the Vatican. It was neverending!
So after that I couldn't really do much else so I went back to the hotel to lay down. I finally decided I couldn't watch anymore italian MTV so we headed out to find internet and maybe some food. Matt really wanted to see the Pantheon but we never made it. Our flight to Madrid is pretty early tomorrow morning so this is our last day in Roma.
We saw a place near our hotel that sells just arancini so I think we might get some of those! mmm
Madrid tomorrow, and the day after that we fly to Barcelona for 2 days and then home!
Our flight gets in to Logan around 1:30pm for those that were asking.
talk to you all soon!
love
Elise (Matt always makes me write these things while he sits there and checks his fantasy baseball teams)
After that we saw the Trevi Fountain and Spanish Steps which were both jammed with tourists.
Grandma - we saw the McDonalds near the Spanish Steps. It was so funny to see it made out of all marble countertops and stuff.
From there, we went to an Italian supermarket to get some bread and cheese for a snack. And then later went to dinner at a little place around the corner from our hotel.
The food is good but yours is better, grandma.
I came down with some sort of cold/cough/conjunctivitis combo which is just lovely! so today I didnt even feel like getting out of bed. But i wouldnt have forgiven myself if I didnt so we went to the Vatican Museum (sistine chapel) and St. Peters. To tell you the truth, i was so sick I dont even think I looked around much but from what i saw, it was really nice. We waited in a line that was probably a mile long for the Vatican. It was neverending!
So after that I couldn't really do much else so I went back to the hotel to lay down. I finally decided I couldn't watch anymore italian MTV so we headed out to find internet and maybe some food. Matt really wanted to see the Pantheon but we never made it. Our flight to Madrid is pretty early tomorrow morning so this is our last day in Roma.
We saw a place near our hotel that sells just arancini so I think we might get some of those! mmm
Madrid tomorrow, and the day after that we fly to Barcelona for 2 days and then home!
Our flight gets in to Logan around 1:30pm for those that were asking.
talk to you all soon!
love
Elise (Matt always makes me write these things while he sits there and checks his fantasy baseball teams)
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Firenze!
Our overnight train was pretty fun. We had dinner in the dining room cart which was pretty nice and then had a sleeper car. Fun experience but since we're catching another train tonight, we have no hotel to nap/shower in. We love Italy so far though. Our train came in pretty early so we walked around a bit, had a cappuccino then went to see David at Academia (somehow we didn't have to pay to get in either which is a plus b/c there isn't much else to see there). Matt changed his mind....now he wants to be a sculptor instead of a painter. From there, we walked down to the Uffizi which had a HUGE line and we decided we'd seen enough art so we went to the Science Museum next door. They have a bunch of Galileo's stuff....telescopes, globes and stuff.....plus they have his middle finger in a jar. haha. They had a room with all old surgical supplies which was pretty cool to see how things have changed.
After that we had some Pizza for lunch then decided to climb the stairs of the Duomo.
All 463 of them!
I thought I was gonna pass out haha, and when Matt got to the top he almost had a heart attack because it's so high up and he's not really a fan of heights. But we're glad we did it, an awesome view of Florence from the top.
We thought that deserved some gelato so we each had a cone, now we're resting at the internet cafe and checking on our comments (we love to get them!)
Our train to Rome is only a few hours and we get there around 7:30PM.
Not sure how much exploring we'll do tonight, but I'm sure there's time for more gelato.
Ciao!
Elise & Matt
oh and paulie - you know what i started singing today?? Me sca pala peepee (thats probably spelled wrong haha) We used to always make Papa put that Pepino the mouse tape on in the car. hahaha
After that we had some Pizza for lunch then decided to climb the stairs of the Duomo.
All 463 of them!
I thought I was gonna pass out haha, and when Matt got to the top he almost had a heart attack because it's so high up and he's not really a fan of heights. But we're glad we did it, an awesome view of Florence from the top.
We thought that deserved some gelato so we each had a cone, now we're resting at the internet cafe and checking on our comments (we love to get them!)
Our train to Rome is only a few hours and we get there around 7:30PM.
Not sure how much exploring we'll do tonight, but I'm sure there's time for more gelato.
Ciao!
Elise & Matt
oh and paulie - you know what i started singing today?? Me sca pala peepee (thats probably spelled wrong haha) We used to always make Papa put that Pepino the mouse tape on in the car. hahaha
Friday, May 18, 2007
Off to Florence!
We're in paris still just killing some time before we head on an overnight train to florence. Today we woke up, headed to the Eiffel Tower which was mobbed with people there were only 3 working elevators (usually 4) and the line for each one looked about 3 hours each! so we decided that we didnt have to wait in the long lines since we had a nice view of the city last night at the huge church on the hill. Its finally nice out but it got hot and waiting in line in the heat with no water would not have been fun! We had another very expensive lunch after we saw the tower and now we're just killin a few min before we go do some laundry then get on the train.
Tomorrow we have a full day in florence and then an evening train into rome. Hopefully the rain stays away!
Peacceee
Matt + Elise
Tomorrow we have a full day in florence and then an evening train into rome. Hopefully the rain stays away!
Peacceee
Matt + Elise
Thursday, May 17, 2007
L'addicion Si vous plait
that's the only thing we know how to say in french haha
paulie - i've put those bowls (the orange and yellow ones??) in the microwave hundreds of times and not once have i had a problem. but yea, things do get hot when you are HEATING them up lol.
is dad rocking the nokia100??? haha
last night we didn't make it to the Eiffel Tower but had a nice dinner on Ile St. Louis (matt had escargot and cremé brulee)
today we went to Versailles. it's ridiculously huge. it would probably take 4 hours to walk through the entire garden.
it's still raining here by the way!
After Versailles we went to Montmarte for the view (thanks to Rick Steve's suggestions) and I got a couple pictures of the Moulin Rouge.
we've pretty much been living off sandwiches and ice cream. I just had Nutella gelato....SO good.
tomorrow we're finally going to the tower and doing laundry (yessss!!!!) and then catching a night train to Florence.
i miss my hairdryer and showers that you can actually turn around in.
excited for Italy & Spain though (at least I can speak the language in Spain)
also - if anyone is free on the 25th to either pick us up at the airport or pick me up at Matt's apartment it would be much appreciated =)
love,
Elise
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