Spain and Portugal
We actually made it to Pamplona for San Fermin (The Running of the Bulls). Our train got in at 1 a.m., and probably the experience of wandering the streets all night was more interesting than the actual run. Unfortunately, no one got injured. I mean, thank goodness no one got hurt badly. We met some girls (Caitlin & Christina) from Colorado and ended up hanging out with them for most of our time in Pamplona. It was fun to talk with them and witness some of the insane partying that went on ALL night. For example, we saw a marching band blasting its way through the streets at around 2 a.m. We got an amazing spot secured on a barricade at the final stretch of the bull run, and we only had to wait on it for 3 hours before the event started.
So, off to Madrid. got in late, spent one day, then left. It was pretty awesome. We saw few sights, but the Prado museum was dandy. We also ate our second 'real' meal, which was quite pleasant. Erik had a prostitute grab his vitals, but not before she gave him a generous offer in English. Not so pleasant.
We got off a night train in Lisbon, Portugal. It was then that we found out that our hotel was not actually in Lisbon. It was in the middle of an industrial park in Santa Iria. Fortunately, Graham got off the hook for the booking when we discovered it was a 4 star hotel free internet, pool, restaurant, bar. Wonderful. The rest of the day we lazed around and got rested up. We also consumed a healthy amount of TV.
Today, we slept in. Graham got up at 4 a.m. and looked over to see Erik fully clothed on top of his bed. Graham was also fully clothed. He saw that the TV and lights were all still on. It appears that they somehow slipped off during Conan O'Brian. At about 2p.m. we got into Lisbon to explore the old city. It was hawt. One highlight was a castle up on the hill overlooking the ocean and city. Another highlight had to be getting offered hashish 6 times in less than 3 hours!!! One time we decided to ask what the going rate was, and found out that Moroccan hash goes for 5 Euros / gram. But we would of course get a special deal: 60 Euros for 25 grams! Yay!
Now we're back at the hotel and have just dined on cheesecake icecream, beer, yogurt, and pastry. Overall an excellent meal, a little unsettling though. That's about it, but hopefully we will be able to post a video clip from the hotel. Try viewing it here:
http://www.adoptabeard.com/59days/MVI_2333.avi (it takes about a bazillion years to load, watch out)
Check out the new pictures as well.
So, off to Madrid. got in late, spent one day, then left. It was pretty awesome. We saw few sights, but the Prado museum was dandy. We also ate our second 'real' meal, which was quite pleasant. Erik had a prostitute grab his vitals, but not before she gave him a generous offer in English. Not so pleasant.
We got off a night train in Lisbon, Portugal. It was then that we found out that our hotel was not actually in Lisbon. It was in the middle of an industrial park in Santa Iria. Fortunately, Graham got off the hook for the booking when we discovered it was a 4 star hotel free internet, pool, restaurant, bar. Wonderful. The rest of the day we lazed around and got rested up. We also consumed a healthy amount of TV.
Today, we slept in. Graham got up at 4 a.m. and looked over to see Erik fully clothed on top of his bed. Graham was also fully clothed. He saw that the TV and lights were all still on. It appears that they somehow slipped off during Conan O'Brian. At about 2p.m. we got into Lisbon to explore the old city. It was hawt. One highlight was a castle up on the hill overlooking the ocean and city. Another highlight had to be getting offered hashish 6 times in less than 3 hours!!! One time we decided to ask what the going rate was, and found out that Moroccan hash goes for 5 Euros / gram. But we would of course get a special deal: 60 Euros for 25 grams! Yay!
Now we're back at the hotel and have just dined on cheesecake icecream, beer, yogurt, and pastry. Overall an excellent meal, a little unsettling though. That's about it, but hopefully we will be able to post a video clip from the hotel. Try viewing it here:
http://www.adoptabeard.com/59days/MVI_2333.avi (it takes about a bazillion years to load, watch out)
Check out the new pictures as well.
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