Out of the Alps

I've uploaded some photos from Paris and Barcelona for people to see if they're curious. We didn't get many pics from Barcelona because we spent most of our time on the beach, but I did take a bunch of the sites in Paris:

Paris: http://jarema.smugmug.com/gallery/185321/5/7595117
The highlight was probably the cheap wine. I do remember seeing some of the sites that we have pictures of :)

Barcelona: http://jarema.smugmug.com/gallery/199053/1/7594773
The last two here are of Danny trying to sleep on the train to Interlaken. Needless to say, it was a comfortable ride. I didn't mention before, but we did go see the Picasso museum while hungover (it was pretty interesting to see him go from a normal style to his 'cubism' style later on in his life, but I don't claim to understand art whatsoever), and we saw the aquarium (largest in Europe). In terms of partying, we ended up going to the same club all three of the nights we spent in Barcelona, a touristy type club called Fiesta, that played similar music to what we hear in Canada, along with some Ace of Base and other 'oldies' to get the older people pumped up.

So we left Thuringen yesterday. Martha and Sigfreid, our hosts, treated us like gold and made sure that we were never hungry or bored (thanks!). Two nights ago Danny and I went with a group of some of the young people from town up to Bregenz (on Lake Constance, north-west corner of Austria), to party on a boat on the lake. We arrived after the boat departed and so went into town to visit a bar instead, then returning to the harbour to hang out at the party boat afterwards. Then we went to a club (whereabouts unknown :) that was pretty similar to what we're used to in Toronto, except that they often through a song from the 50's/60's into the mix every half hour or so. Other than that, the music and crowd was what I'd expect at home.

Yesterday we stopped in Innsbruck for a short stay to walk through the Old Town and grab some food and drink. They have a building whose roof is made from gold. It was built by Maximillion to either prove to the town that he had an abundance of money or as a gift to his sweetheart... I'm not sure which, but in either case I wouldn't mind getting my hands on a little piece of it.

We're in Prague now and will be spending 3 days here before taking off to Berlin. Wish us luck in meeting some Czech girls. Here's a picture of our hostel:
http://jarema.smugmug.com/photos/7595148-M.jpg

And here's a pic I just took (so Mom and Dad know I'm still alive):
http://jarema.smugmug.com/photos/7595540-M.jpg

-- Mike