okay so i know i'm home already, but i still have so much to show you!
still have one more stop on fall break: BARCELONA

our first stop: mies van der rohe's barcelona pavilion

oh mies, you really did know what you were doing

barcelona chairs! in their natural habitat!

the bookstore and it's reflection

next stop : sagrada familia

you guessed it, still not finished

but still REALLY awesome inside

i don't even know what to say..

like a billion colors in this stained glass

can't define barcelona without gaudi

the casa mila!

had a lot of time to kill in line waiting to get in
james sharkey and i are all in this picture!

the anticipation is killing us
we cannot contain our excitement

looking up from the courtyard

gaudi's famous catenary arches


the roof is really the best part
like an architect's disney land

another gaudi : guel park

a mosaic of colorful tiles

melissa and i sitting on the colorful tiles


peekaboo! behind a .. column? made of chocolate? rocks?

overlooking guel park

bubble man!

an electical violinist
in the forest of gaudi columns

hungry? TAPAS!

on the way back to our apartment, we realized that almost everyone was decked out in their FCBARCELONA soccer gear.
so....

we threw on our jerseys in search for tickets to the soccer match

luckily found like, 9 seats all together!!

the stadium !

weeeeEEEE CAN'T WAIT FOR THE GAME TO START
they beat sevilla 5-1, or was it 5-0?
way to end fall break with a bang

don't think we hung up our jerseys just yet....

for halloween we went as the barcelona soccer team
and nick went as a lonely man-u player

i wish I was back there, too :(

i want MOOOREEE MOROCCOOOO
i haven't had a pun in here in awhile, i'm a little rusty :(
ANYWAYS
we took a ferry ride from tangiers, spain to tarifa, morocco

rock the casbah!
we got a tour of the casbah when we first got there

they tried to sell us rugs

our hotel was right on the beach
the views were spectacular

on the roof of our hotel

the pool? the ocean? both??

ahhh the sunset


every taxi cab ride is 5 euro!


yes. we did ride on camels!
but here's a secret: it was only for 5 minutes
around a parking lot :(

clearly, camels are kasey's favorite animal
i have at least 7 pictures of her in mid scream

a brief moment of relief

melynn is a natural on that camel

baby camels!! yayayaya

and now for some beach pictures!!!

erik and james just lying there like beached whales
and david and sharkey are making a sand castle in the back haha

hahahaha we made the boys do one, too
actually, all the jumping pictures i have are pretty hilarious

awww <3

all of our beachy selves :)

ahhhh Paaariiissss (pronounced par-eeee)
we got lucky and missed most of the strikes going on, thank goodness our flight didn't get canceled or anything
yep we did all the paris cliche things to do

and in case anyone's going to paris, the thing about paris is you have to see everything at least twice, once during the day and once at night, because the buildings and neighborhoods and streets wear totally differnet clothes at night

saw the arc de triumph

walked down the champs elysses

stopped inside the toyota store
this one isn't cliche, but it's such a fun spherical chair

took the subway everywhere

a normal happy picture of enoch
on top of the arc de triumph

a view of the street from up above
look at all the tiny people!

after a crazy downpour of rain
the centre pompidou by renzo piano

inside one of the tunnels

a day of museums!

of course the louvre

the wonderful musee d'orsay
my favorite by far, i love impressionists art
promptly after i took this picture, a museum guy got mad at me :(
but look how beautiful that clock is!

the musee de l'orangerie
which housed all of monet's water lillies :)

after this day, i couldn't take it, my mind had exploded with art

the sacre couer (sacred heart)

hello notre dame

and inside,
all the pretty candles :)

we had one lunch on the lawn in front of the eiffel tower
james' reaction to when a 10 year old french girl stole his coke

and then luxembourg garden pictures :)

hahahaha this midjump picture is funny
sharkey with his limbs flailing

kids and their boats at the fountain!
it's like stuart little!

gah! it's so adorable, kids chasing the boats around with their giant sticks

am i forgetting something....?
oh yeah!

i don't know if you can see
but it glitters every night on the hour:)

this one's my favorite :)

next post: MOROCCO