Adios Barcelona...

We are currently in route to Marsielle! And no that was not on our itinerary...which leads us to our day of unexpected twists and turns. After a productive day yesterday of visiting the the Sangrada Familia, seeing the old palace, and shopping and enjoying Pablo Espanol (where kenz got a matching ktkc belt and we enjoyed some chocolate cake in the plaza) we decided to experience Barcelona at night. We went to a delicious restaurant called bodega la tinaja. Well atleast the bread and wine were good. They brought toasted bread which he then took fresh tomatoes and garlic and rubbed it all over the bread with olive oil and salt! Incredible. And of coarse we added our own personal touch of balsamic! It was amazing with some local Rioja wine. Then came the food. I ordered mini sausages flambeed with rum so it came out on fire. They were very tasty...but then came the raw filet of salmon (which we definitely did not realize) and codfish that actually came out in puree form. All in all it was tasty and naturally our waiter in Barcelona style brought a complementary shot of choice to "cleanse the pallet" aka Bailleys. Before we left we got our waiter to take a quick pic for us...which he does, however then proceeds to give us his card asking us to send it to him. Awkward, yes. As were a little sketched out leaving he comes running down the corner asking to take a pic with us and exclaiming that he will cut himself out of it...apparently Spanish men are a little forward?? I prefer my Texas men with wranglers and gun in pants! (quick shout out to Joshua Kain for being newly licensed with his CHL) After a dinner that came to a conclusion at 11 pm (clearly we are living up the nice long European dinners) we headed to one of my hang outs from when I studied abroad. As we walked into the restauraunt to find fire everywhere across the counter top. They had about 1000 drink options which they served in some crazy way that usually involved fire. From the stop light, to gummy bear, to Harry potter, to some drink that you drink fire, to some girl blowing bubbles, it was a hilarious experience to watch! It was full of students abroad and we met some friends from Frankfurt. They gave us pointers on what to do in Germany and were quite entertaining...we then attempted to experience a Barcelona Discotheque. We didn't last long, but it was definitely a Barcelona experience of Barcelona after midnight. We finally got back to our hostel at 4ish and went straight to bed. We woke up this morning (4 hrs later) ready to take on the day and enjoy a relaxing day on the beach. however it didn't quite go as planned. We checked out of the hostel and had breakfast and went on to stop by and buy our train tickets. Well 2 hours later and 8 rude people, we thought we were never going to be able to leave Barcelona. Our options were a 200 euro overnight train to nice or a already full train to Montpellier because tomorrow is a holiday in Spain. We finally decided to go ahead and leave Barcelona and try to make it more than halfway to nice. Hence is why we are en route to Marseilles. After running back to hostel to grab our bags and briskly running from metro to metro to make our train, we are here in the nick of time. So first stop Cerbere, then Narbonne, and finally arriving in Mareille. Well hopefully anyway, our train was delayed and we have 3 min to buy next ticket and switch trains so well see if we make. Can't wait to be in Nice with our women Brooke, Court, & Sarah if we ever make it. And so the adventure across Europe goes on...

Kenz has it been a little bit rough of a day? Train ride #1 of many to come...


A look at our very packed 3 hr train ride... And yes the old man next to Kenz is fascinated by her addiction to Tiny Wings...



(above) a very tired Kenzie Chesnut sporting some Beats by Dre headphones that match Ludacris' and a purple bikini hidden by a classic black v neck and tevas. Fashion icon? I think so. At least her seat mate think so.



Above: Keni and brit enjoying our 2nd round of cokes for the day despite our goal of sticking to one a week... I guess some goals are just meant to be broken.

Update: we made train with our 3 min layover, but no ticket was purchased...sorry I'm not sorry...Europe on a budget. We are now playing Dutch Blitz on train from Narbonne to Marsailles with a gorgeous view out our window of sun setting over Provence while Kenz is throwing down some serious game & practicing her French with a French cutie named Unique...well atleast that's how it sounds.
We now just arrived in Marseilles at 11 pm and attempted to walk to our hotel but quickly returned to train station and hailed a very expensive cab ride but we are safely at our hotel at 12 am...



Our long day of traveling finally ends with nautical themed hotel room in Marseilles!

If anyone has any recommendations for the South of France let us know!

Love from Spain...
KTKC

Barcelona Overview...
Hostel: gothic point youth hostel (c. Dels Vigatans, 5)
Restaurants: dinner at les quince Nits (P. Real 6) on the plaza, sangria at cafe Zurich, churros & chocolate at cafe de l'opera, amazing tomato & garlic bread and interesting but good dinner at bodega la tinaja (C. De l'esparteria, 9)
Other: Dow jones (c. Bruc, 97), chuppitos (Aribau, 97), & catwalk (c. Ramon Trias fargas, 2-4)
Activities: las Ramblas, sangrada familia, montjuic, poble espanyol, mila, casa battlo, parc guell, Columbus monument, beach, la Boquetia, Catedal de canta Cruz y Santa eulalia de Barcelona, Palau de la generalitat

Location:Barcelona, Spain