Sunday, September 13, 2009

A flight, prostitues, roller blades, bike polo

Arriving in Paris, we assembled our bikes outside the train station in the center of the city. Our tires were flat so we started walking in hopes to find a bike shop. Let me just say that the first bike shop we came across was in barcelona. We ended up getting air from a Moped shop and immediately getting a flat and then going back after to changing the flat to get more air. We rode around Paris and found where they play polo and had a snakc in front of the eiffel tower. We didn´t have any money so we didn´t go up in it. Then, we rode to a park outside of town that was FULL of prostitutes. We camped there. In the morning poeple were jogging by our tent and everything. haha. We rode around Paris a little more and got a train ticket to Barcelona where we hoped to have beeter luck meeting new friends. I found out that McDonalds had free wi-fi so i bought a fry and got to work networking and upon leaving, i walked out into the street to see non other than a man who had time warped into 2009 rocking roller blades, no shirt, ripped up checkar board shorts, and big ass head phones, skitching down the street. I was speechless. I had enough of Paris, on to Barcelona where we met a man from Holland. He was super funny and made the train ride ( when i wasn´t sleeping ) pretty hilarious. When i arrived in Barcelona, i was immediately struckk dumb by how big tourism was there. Las Rambla at any time of day is FILLED with thousands of tourists, locals working, street pedalers, and policia of course. Other than that, Barcelona is Amazing and filled with rich culture and ART! The train we rode into barcelona on was destroyed by a train crew from end to end. So good. We got some food and met up with the bike polo players at La Apirin, which is where they play. They call it that because it is a circle like a pill. The court was sandy and slippery but they play well and i had alot of fun playing with them. A kid named Camilo offered us a room at his flat while we stayed in barcelona and we could not refuse! Life has been gret since. We have been exploring the city while our backpacks are safe at his house. We went to all the land marks of barcelona and even took a 38 mile bike ride up the coast to a small village and went swimming at the beach. Tommorow we will play more bike polo and then probably head to geneva on tuesday!

Buzz Aldrin left a Playboy magazine on the surface of the moon.
Tough Ghost

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