After Andorra, Dana & I drove back across Catalonia to Barcelona. A few days early for our flight to Prague, we were warmly welcomed into Paula & Ivan's beautiful brand-new condo in the Barcelona suburb of Sant Cugat. They let us crash there even though they'd just had their first baby only 25 days before! What friends! We were humbled by their generous hospitality. With the lovely Candy also in town, Paula took us out for sushi and some Spanish nightlife. It was her first night out without the baby!


Later Ivan joined us at the club. He was treating his employees for a job well done running a 4-day golf tournament in Platja d'Aro the weekend before. Great work people! We drank it up, did some dancing then headed home early. Which in Spain is like 3 am. It was fun.


The next day, we headed to Paula's parents house where we finally go to visit with young baby Izan. Only 26 days old! What a charmer.


While we were there, Paula's parents Joan and Encarna treated us to a delicious authentic Spanish lunch. (Seriously "delicious" cannot be overstated). First was beer and Iberian ham and bread in the kitchen, then we headed outside for large and delicous helpings of meat, pasta, salad, bread and, of course, Spanish wine. This feast was then finished off with some extremely strong coffee flavored liqueur from the Galicia region of Spain (pictured). After all this food and drink, I suddenly realized why Spainards take a siesta. You HAVE to.


Oh man, I love me some siesta.

After we had sufficiently recovered, we headed out to see Sant Cugat and then had a late dinner. The next day Paula took us to the Barcelona airport, where we were bound for Prague. Thanks again for everthing Sant Cugat-ans! It was wonderful!

As of now, we're in Vilnius, Lithuania. It is a strange place. We just returned from a visit to possibly the only Frank Zappa statute in the world. Don't ever say there is nothing to see in Eastern Europe! And Dana & I are trying to see it all! Tomorrow we are off to Warsaw, Poland...