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i am uncomfortable yet again. i dont know if it is because it is a new place or because it really is an uncomfortable place. our last hostel was extremely clean and nice. the kitchen felt like someones home and the whole feel of it was just very homey and comfortable. where we are now feels dirty and a lot rougher. there is one bathroom on this floor of many many people. i tried upstairs and there wasnt even one bathroom. there is also a bar downstairs with tons of people drinking in the big room. very loud. i guess it just wasnt a great welcome after traveling for 13 or 14 hours yesterday. sigh. it is also supposed to rain the next few days. everywhere we go it rains. its discouraging. i mean, we still have a good time, but id surely welcome the sun, apparently after 10pm you can guy pizza they make here. they arent too great but we ate two last bc i was so hungry. im sure itll start looking up soon and ill get used to the place... soon, hopefully soon. not to complain, but i just want to be comfortable! and with sunshine!

*edit* : i think i am just irritated from traveling so long yesterday. ive just showered and feel a little better. it is also a bit of a trek in and out of town, we are in a suburban sort of area again. hopefully the back-and-forth in and out of town isnt too bad. i have a headache, but im sure itll get better. just exhausted lately is all.

after we leave here we are stopping in geneva for two nights on the way to zurich so that should be fun.

barcelona went well, though i feel we could have done a lot more. no more eating in tapas bars though... we ate in one in san sebastian and it was not tasty. for those who dont know, its where there are different platters on the bartop, each platter has one kind of food on it (sooorta like a buffet now that i think about it,,, but everything room temp). you can stand at the bar and just pick stuff up and eat whatever kind of food you like. the one we went to, we picked what we wanted (well, we guessed what may be good... sorta picked at random) and put it on a plate and then the guy took it and heated it up... weird. apparently the more garbage on the floor (mostly napkins), the better the bar is. i just find all the garbage on the floor uninviting. ...we also went the contemporary art museum and that wasnt too bad.

yesterday we were on trains for too long... we had a ten minute delay on our second train and then we got stopped for an hour part of the way into the journey. then there was lots of commotion in french - apparently someone tried to smoke on the train and was getting kicked off. long day. thought we were going to miss our first train out of barcelona too... didnt know we had to take a bus to get there and went to the subway instead. the guy at our hostel was not too good at directing us. ended up taking a cab because we thought we were going to miss it. saw a lot of nice countryside on the journey though. the train goes right by the water sometimes and you get a nice view. lots of mountains and hills. many farms. it is always interesting to see the side of these countries that is opposite the cities - where we are spending most of our time.

pistons lost :-( must win next two to get to finals.