Paris and Anglet, San Sebastian, Barcelona

I arrived in Paris after sneaking into a cancelled train seat last Friday night and arrived early Sat morning. I randomly ended up at France's largest hostel (450 beds)-haywire place- and spent the day exploring the city and going up the Eiffel Tower, witnessing the historic city on a cloudless day. Everyone was making out all day.....get a room. Totally cool to see how open and affectionate people are over here. Its rad.

I hooked up in the evening with a group of other hostel goers and experienced the night life, which was pretty ridiculous as I didn't get home until 6 am due to getting lost and being absolutely unable to catch a cab. Had a picnic in a park beside the Eiffel tower, which was built by Gustav Eiffel, he used to host special meeting with distinguished people, such as Thomas Edison. Fascinating stuff. I took a boat tour down the Seine River, and got some history and dirt on iconic landmarks such as the Notre Dam and The Louvre. Napoleon used to have the Mona Lisa hanging on the wall of his bedroom. Scandalous. I went shopping the next day and got a fudufafa hair cut in Paris; what an experience, the stylist was so professional and methodical. So business. I also did a fast track tour of the Louvre in the afternoon and saw some great art. I really liked all of the Greek sculptures, especially the one of Hercules. 13th Century French paintings were cool too. The Mona Lisa is actually small, so if your after big peices, its likely to disappoint. haha I joke

That night I caught a night train to Biarritz and then to Anglet, a small coastal town in Southern France with some seriously heavy surf and a relaxed atmosphere. The hostel was rad- thanks Cor. I rented a board and wet suit the first day and got battered around for a bit. The combination of being solo, new beach and the language barrier was enough to intimidate me out of the water after a good working and that was the extent of my efforts. I explored Anglet for the rest of the day and drank wine on the beach till early morning.

The following day I bought a skate board, as I was sick and tired of walking everywhere. The roads in that area were great, fresh blacktop, so I skated to Biarritz down the slick old streets.

I travelled across the France/Spain line on Thursday and spent a couple days in San Sebastian. This is one of the coolest places I have ever been. Old city, not too big, everything going on right in town. I had a tear there for a couple days before heading to Barcelona, today. Should be good to go on a saturday night.

Next, im not really sure. Possibly Ibiza, or Marocco, or stay put in Barcelona....what do you think?

PS thanks so much for all the encouragement with this blog. I was pretty nervous and self consious about it and your support has really meant a lot.
Looking forward to a rockin summer back home.

Talk soon
Love Jeff