Things look cooler with high speed cameras.

Valencia Pictures

Bizarre Valencian architecture.

That there is some kinda view.

Bird on head.

Apparently it means "for rent". I maintain it's an oddly flavored Mexican liquor.

Little girl was adorable.

The frame thingy looks pretty surreal.

Showing Jon how to do color swap and color accent on the camera was a bad idea.

última

When you wake up hung over in Valencia, the sun kisses your body, and a cool breeze washes over you. I want to do it every day.

Spain has been wonderful. The nightlife is terrific, the football is great, the people are excitable and friendly. The buildings are amazing, the city is packed, It´s just terrific. The smaller towns are great, the beach is phenomenal. I have tons of pictures that I haven´t put up yet, seeing as though I haven´t had access (see before). It´s been absolutely wonderful.

And now I´m exhausted. Very, very tired. Waking up at 445AM tomorrow will be murderous.

Things We Lost In The Fire

Or, in the process of this trip.

1. The hat Marian gave me for Christmas. Presumably on the plane in Berlin.
2. An umbrella I found in my car. Presumably in some restaurant in Berlin.
3. My North Face hoodie. Presumably in Hotel Valencia Park, Paterna, Spain.

Let´s try to limit it to THIS.

Valencia - Day 3

Fighting off a cold, but it´s subsided with time, sleep, and beer. Got a bunch of pictures of cool shit, but no way to post them right now, so they´ll wait until I get back into the States. Wednesday night was the last night of Las Fallas, a crazy city-wide street party where they light these enormous statues on fire. It´s pretty wild, need to find the pictures of those. Yesterday toured the city, saw la Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, a good portion of the city. Also saw a guarantee that neonazis still exist, so it´s always refreshing to see that racism is alive and well. Today went to Xativa, a small town outside Valencia. An old castle was on a hill there, so we hiked up, walked around for a while, hiked down, had a lovely 2 hour lunch, and rode back. Tomorrow night is do it big night, and tonight is lie low night. So, since the pictures is all everyone cares about, I´ll grab a few for you.

Whoops, just kidding.

Berlin - Day 4

Berlin - Day 3: Diesel

For some reason, there's a ridiculous fascination with combining beer and sodas here. This doesn't as much apply to today, as much as last night, when a friend of Jon's ordered "eine diesel". I had seen it on menus before, and thought it was a brand of beer.

Stupid.

It's beer and cola. Together. In the same glass.

The weather today was less than stellar, and again we woke up late. So we walked up to Prenzlauer Berg, which is apparently the "hipster" area of Berlin. Hit a flea market in Mauerpark, which has part of the Berlin Wall running through it still. Walked around, saw a bunch of places, walked back, and then planned the night, which was going to be spent predominantly at Potsdamer Platz; specifically, the Sony Center.

Jon and I were feeling under the weather the whole day, which was oddly appropriate with the weather, and the fact that I haven't gone to sleep before 7AM for three days now, while drinking heavily.

Potsdamer Platz has some of the coolest modern architecture and design I've seen...ever? Yeah. The buildings around and including the Sony Center are massive and unbelievable looking. Again, the Berlin Wall ran through Potsdamer Platz, and it was flanked beautifully by Miss Yummy Yummy (see below). The bottom of the sony center is covered by a roof, but it's still outdoors. Ate dinner at a brewery, sampled several beers, walked around, caught a showing of There Will Be Blood, and headed home.

Tomorrow is historical sight seeing, and Saint Patrick's Day.

Prenzlauer Berg

Potsdamer Platz

That's the Berlin Wall there, in front of Miss Yummy Yummy.

Bad in high rez, cool in low rez.

Roof of Sony Center

Bottom Floor of Sony Center

Holocaust Memorial.

Truth in Advertising.

Ok, this place looked AWESOME. Wide open, barren, signs VERY vibrant. Wanted a better picture.