Jul 2006

well we have made it back to my fav country France!! Nice is definetly a beautiful city.. i have like 2 minutes on teh computer so this is gonna be quick.. i have been buying alot of t-shirts my fav being a thierry henry jersey, its money.. laura bought a holland tank top, so people now think that we are from holland when we walk around... today we are heading to monaco for the day, to enjoy their very warm beaches and ultra fabulous japanese gardens.... im glad i wasnt around to see tony basking in the italian glory after their upset over les bleus (france).... things have been goin great, and we are right now possibly signing up for a 9 day greek isles tour which should be rad... anyways hope everyone is enjoying the heat in reggie... i miss golf and some of you... laura says hi... lata skatas
jerm and laura

well barcelona has been an awesome time... we went on a bike tour it was called the fat bike tour but in all reality it was phat bike tour.. ha .. we rode bikes around the city for 4 hours and learned about certain things and saw all the big monuments in one shot.... it was really awesome, we decided to go at night because it is way too frickin hot during the day... other than that we have been enjoying our time at the beach, we can rent hammocks type chairs for 4 euros and we spend the day basking in the 40 degree heat... during these days it actually feels like a wonderous vacation.... the nights here at this hostel are pretty rough, 8 people in a room with no fans and no air conditioining, and no breeze... i am looking forward to nice where the temps are around 26 degrees .... and they still have the beaches... other than this, time has been flying by, we keep ourselves pretty busy during the day... 2 days ago we spent the day at the hospital where laura was getting treated because her throat hurt, it turned out she had a bad throat and ear infection and we had to get her some medicine... at first we were wondering if the 200 euros to see a doctor was worth it!! about 350 canadian!! but good thing we did, and her insurance covered all the expenses!! but we are off to the beach to lay by the mediterranean all day... i hope all is well in regina... lata skatas
jeremy and laura

3rd day here in barcelona, we have just arrived at our second hostel here in b-town.... it is kinda crappy, we are in a eight bed room and it is frickin hot i am really curious as to how i am going to sleep in this heat.... the beach is really nice and the water is very refreshing.... we didnt burn which was our biggest scare.... i can say that i am very golden at the moment....the beaches are busy and we get interrupted every 2 minutes by people trying to sell us cervaca, fanta, agua... and every 5 minutes by little chinese ladies that want to give us massages... but otherwise we will be visiting the beach a couple more times before we leave on friday to Nice, France. tonight we are going on a bike tour of barcelone which should be sweet, and then beaching it for a couple more days... the heat is just unreal.. 35 at least everyday... whihc is nice on the beach but shitty when we are walking around outside.... but othere then that everything is still goin awesome... and im excited for france again.. so i can actually speak... i will update this blogggg soon...

take care
jeremy and laura

it is so hot here is espana..... that is really all i have to say..... plus 36 today... it was 45 in nearby toledo... hot hot hot... so madrid was a good time, the city is spectacular but which was more interesting was the awesome people we met in our hostel, we went out and partied last night, we exchanged some drinking games... i have learnt a few new games to bring back to canada too... we hung out all day today as well, we went to the el prado museum and tried to analyze some art then went and drank some cheap beer on a terrace, followed by some shopping tonight... we leave to barcelona tomorrow, and i need to sit at a beach for a while.... we have found a huge supermarket that is here in spain called el corte ingles and it is superstore x2 ... its deadly, beers for 30 cents, wine for 60 cents, tequila for 4 bucks... and they have some food as well... we have made some good meals this week at our hostel, including some seafood delights and for laura some salads ...(but they dont sell salad dressing here in spain) so she has done without.... all in all we are getting along great and having a good time.... time is already going by very quickly....... but ill be blogging sometime soon in barcelona, hopefully tanned and luckily cooled off by the sea... huge soccer game tomorrow and monday... it shall be a blast....

jeremy and laura

p.s. mom i got my peice for my music player.. it was quite the ordeal and ill tell you about it later....

stay cool regina!

laura and i arrived in spain this morning... i was actually quite worried about the train, since i was reading scary train stories on the internet the day before... (stupid thing to do) so i was expecting raunchy people.. but i was quite surprised.. in spain men have to room with men and vice versa.... i roomed with a hollywood movie writer who really seemed like a big shot, he had tons of good stories and was fluent in english and spanish... he was definetly the head honncho of our train... secondly was a dude from liverpool who hit it big selling houses at a time wehn property rates were sky rocketing... he now resides in new zealand.. he was pretty cool except when he kept mentionning that i should sleep with one eye open... but he was joking, hopefully.... the third guy in our cabin was some french dude who was a little of his rocker, he was listening to the big soccer game on his walkman and he would do color commentary for us .. except he would yell... it was bloody hilarious... i almost pissed myself laughing.. then he kept chanting vive la francia.. and wanted to paint his face... all in all... FRANCE IS GOING TO WIN THE WORLD CUP!!!! laura on the other hand had to spend the night with two greasy stinky girls from denmark and she was lucky to havea girl from texas who she really got along with, and taught us some key phrases.... so spain is a little different mainly because i cant talk to anybody.... its gonna be a bit of a struggle but wahtever... its been a good time.... were staying at a hostel tonighta nd sharing a room with some canadianas so that should be good... laura is also having a tuff time finding good food... right now she is sitting at a pitiful 0 for 7 in finding food she likes... the worst had to be the vegetable slop of a sandwich at a restaurant here in madrid... it was so gross.. haha... hopefully she will find something she likes... but anyway ill write in a few days and let you know how spain is ending up!!!! lata skatas!
jeremy and laura