Granada

Photo: inside Alhambra

I have just left Granada and gone to Seville where is closer to Portugal and that is sad, because my euro tour is going to end up soon. I'd go further on this, if I had money. However, I am cash poor and will start to count the coins to buy food or use the credit card.

By the way, Granada is an amazing city that I would have been there longer, if I had planned my trip well. In addition it is perferct to skateboard as well as party. For sure, it is cheaper than Madrid and Barcelona, but people are really conservative there indeed.

An interesting thing there is some backpackers who live in caves in order to save money and also to have a spirit of adventure.


I think I have written this, insteand of going back on 26th of February, I have extended my tour for a week. So, I will have been backed by 7th of March. Otherwise, I would miss Portugal.

Madrid

Here I am in the rainy Madrid and It has been raining everyday at least a bit. On the contrary of many people said about the city, I am kee on it. The city looks like more European city than Barcelona.

On the fisrt day, I watched the Real Madrid 6 x 2 Villa Real that was a good match. In addition, I got impressed with the Portuguese, Cristiano Ronaldo, I had never watched him playing since then. Even though he is so snob, he would play in any national team such as Brazil and Argentine.

At the hostel, there was a female team of hokey and they were sixteen girls form Nederland that was so exciting, wasn't it ? What fetish!!! On the other hand, they left on the day after I arrived there.

In general the hostels in Spain have been better than the other ones, because they are cheaper, cleaner and have breakfast, free Wifi and Internet. Nevertheless, I had taken twice cold shower and then I figured out the big shower room downstrairs.

One funny fact was that I stopped at one square and I saw some elderly ladies and some guys hanging around. So, I had supposed that they are awkward people and then the lovest lady of the group came over to offer her service to me. It was hilarious that shit and I moved on.





Fortunately, I have always found out the free food boxes at the hostel and then I am able to cook with those stuff left there. It usually contain pasta, salt, sugar, rice, oil and pepper. Therefore I just need to buy the egg or any burger and it is done a wonderful meal. Some hostels have heaps of packs of pasta and also shampoo and gel shower, because who flies cannot carry those liquid on the airplane and always needs to buy them.

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Barcelona

I am right now on my way to Madrid

I spent a week in Barcelona that goes really fast and there I did different things such as a went museum as usual, hardcore gig , skateboarding and watched a football match which was Barcelona 4 x 0 Racing Santander. I went to Picasso and Miró musuem and I did not enjoy to much, I guess because I had to much expectation about them and I missed the Salvador Dali one. Also these guys painted really crazy stuff that honestly I did not get them.

Fotunately, I found out the Hatebreed gig by the chance when I walked back to the hostel one day, therefore I searched for further details on the Internet and bought the ticket. So the concert does not dissapoint at all and was awesome. So, one third of the powerful Hatebreed concert kills me and I got totally exhausted and needed stopping to take a breath. In addition, the sore body is intensive after three days. One detail that I saw a spanish guy who wore the Ratos de Porão shirt( Brazilian punk band).

I haven't been skateboarding for ages and here in Barcelona is one of the best spots in the Europe and I think the main reason is the nice weather for the European standard that is crapy. There are heaps of amazing squares where you can skateboard. Although it is not allowed, everybody does. So, I went skateboarding once, because I am out of fit and I am really bad at skateboarding right now.

If you don't know Barcelona is the capital of picking pocket that I had never seen this before I got in Barcelona. I saw twice the thieves actioning and at the train station I would have punched the bastard if I did not have a 20kg in my backpack, moreover they were two, though I alerted the poor elderly lady.






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Going to Barcelona

I am writing right now on the train on the way to Barcelona, so I took a train in Montpellier at 6:30am to the Spanish border and then other one to Barcelona.

The football match was really crapy last night in Montpellier which is the second team on the competition. Therefore I expected more about the french football.

I'd love to watch the Barcelona play, however they will play tonight in Madrid and the next weekend at Nou camp. So, I don't have this spare time to wait for it. I have thought to extend my days here for more one week and I figure out that it will be a big deal to change the flight day and so on. It's needed to be consider this.

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Montpellier

As I said before I left Genova in order to go to Nice in France. I didn't plan anything and I found out at the train station in Genova that the train goes to Ventimiglia and doesn't cross over the damn border.

So, before i went to Ventimiglia, I had asked the information ticket if there was any night ride bus and they had said to me "no buses". Even though, I got on the train to Ventimiglia where I would certain have waited for 6 hours the first train in the mornig, but for my luck I found out a bus in front of the station going to Nice. It took longer than a train, but it was better than sleep over at the station ground.

On the way to France the french police asked the passport for some guys who didn't even have any ID. As a result, the cops urged to the two guys to get off the bus and they got driven to the police station. So, they even my passport.

Nice is nicer than I expected, there are many cool bar in the old center and also it is close to Cannes and Monaco. I choose to visit Monaco, cause the time is short and there I saw the Formule 1 track, palace and hung around the city. At the same day I travelled to Montpellier that I am keen on. I would have go to Marsellie if I had a spare time and then Montpellier. However it is near Spain and that's why I have dropped by here.

The trip was terrible, cause it missed a session of the train, therefore heaps of people ang bags on the second class session. Many of them came standing up on the train. I got my seat since the beginning, bloody luck!!!

Montpellier is a great city and today I found out that were a one of the cities in the world cup 98. I guess that is the reason the city is tidy up. Now I am going to watch the city team which is the second one on the French national league. I figured out this by the chance today when I got off near the station and I saw some guys buying a ticket for the match.

Tomorrow morning I will have been in Barcelona by 14:00. To be honest, it freaks me out the




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Genova

I wouldn't have come to Genova if it wasn't on way to France and I've just realised that I would make a big mistake, cause it has been one of my favourite cities in Italy.

In fact, it is Napoli cleaned and tidy up. The city is surrounded by the sea and mountains. Also the turism office is defenitely helpful and shows willingness to help you at all your questions. That is rarely happing. Gevona is so cool that even the cemetery is visitable to appreciate the arts there.

Instead of spending one short day, I extended my stay in two days more. I loved it that I could live here for sure. One italian guy in the same dormitory was astonished with my answer, because everybody says Rome, Firenze and so on.

Unfortunately, I have just two weeks ahead and it's needed to move on fast, moveover the money is running out. Therefore, I am right now going to Vintimiglia where is closer to France and there I will be able to buy this damn ticket to Nice. I got late at the station and I have lost the last train to there, So I will have been at the station by 5:17 am wainting for the first train and I will let you know that now is 11:00 pm. As a consequence, some hours at the station in order to not pay for a night at the hostel where I don't have a clue if there is one in this city.
Furthermore, I do love Italy, but I must move on.



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Going to France again

Today I took the second part of the free tour in Firenze and got ready to move on. I was ready, however I did not know where I would go. So, the doubt was between go straight to France or stop by for a night in Genova or Torino.

I had gone to the train station to ask foe information before I bought the ticket. But it wasn't too much helpful there and they don't want to assist you out at all. I realised that if I am closer to the France border the ticket office could help me out better, I reckon that they are used to deal with people going to the south of France.

In fact, I need to pass over there to go to Spain and Portugal. To be honest, it freaks me out the idea of losing my flight to Brazil, because I have more time than I expect in Italy.


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Italy

Before I had left Rome where I was at my mate's home, I went to Napoli where is an unique city as Veneci is. The city is surrarounded by the ocean and covered mountain by the snow and also a large number of castles. The villages in the center are completely different, because the street are so narrow that all of the cars the are scrathed and hit on the sides. However, the city could be one of the most beautiful if the clean up, there is rubbish and graffiti everywhere, even on the monuments and beach rocks.

From Napoli I visited Pompei where has an archeological roman city that was destroyed by a vulcan, but many stuff has been preserved, such as human bodies, collisseum, streets, houses, painted walls, basilica and even the brothel with the beds make of stones. There is no doubt that has been of most exciting places that I've been.

After being back to Rome to say bye for my mate's mother and grandmother, I travelled to the famous Foligno where my mate Debora lives. So, she and her sister picked me up at the train station at 4pm and then at 6pm we were done in the city.

The city is so small that there are just two mini buses and nobody takes them, cause it is possible to walk for everywhere there faster than any bus.

Debora kept doing her job as tour guide and the day after we drove around the cities Spello, Assisi and Perugia where I stayed for a night. It was sucks there cause it rained a lot and for that reason, I woke up early and got in Firenze. I looked foward to being there in order to watch the football match Roma x Fiorentina, in addition I have heard many good stuff about this city. Ticket for the game was bloody expensive, but it is always worthwhile a football match and I am not sure, I guess it is a derby.

Indeed, Firenze is a cool city and it seems to me that they care about the turists, because the city is clean and organized, also the information desk is really helpful if there is any question about the city or whatever you ask them.

I've just gone back from Pisa where there is the leaning tower. The city is tidy that a day trip is quite enough to hang around.

In Italy, I have been moving around a lot, cause the train ticket isn't so expensive as in other countries. On the other hand, the quality is lower than the other ones. I don't even care too much about quality right now, I do love the cheapest tickets options, even though it takes more hours travelling on a train.

I will have a free dinner at the hostel and go forward to the statium. Pasta for free is not bad.

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Updating

Let's update this shit! Well, after six months taking IELTS in order to sit on the test I have left Australia. The course was hard as the same time a lot of fun with a amazing teacher who is one the best that I have had. Also all my classmates.

I had great time at this last school and I knew good friends such as the most funny italian girl ever, I do miss her. We became good mates that we hung out together at Bondi beach many times and surfing. In particular when our lesson finished, because we had a plenty of time available and only the job at the weekend. To be honest, I didn't even worked after the school, I was just skateboarding and having a fun with the mates. Seriously I deserved those days off.

My two best Brazilian mates are still there working and enjoying in the sunny Sydney. It seems to me that those guys will be there longer or forever. Therefore, they've been planning the application to get the permanent resident visa and I've been doing my application as well. However, I have decide to wait for the result in Brazil, cause it takes to long, one year if I am lucky.

Why don't I wait there in Australia? That's pretty simple. I would need to keep studying that means pay for this and it doesn't make sense for me this. Moreover I must work with IT and be up to dated.

Before I go back to the reality in Brazil I suddenly decided to have one of my biggest trips ever. No plans, no train tickets, no booked hostels and so on. I wouldn't have had time for plan all these details in a month, I read some forum and web communities about backpacking Europe and I realised that I would need six mouth to plan as I wish it.

Some of mates of mine got flabbergasted with my decision to be back to Brazil as well as my euro tour, but it must have been done like this, in addition I had said about going back a plenty of time, so I still do not know why it was a suprise for them.

To warm up, I went to Thailand where I had an awesome time. So, there I met my classmate who lives in Bangkok, went to tiger temple, floating market, Koh Samui and the amazing island Koa Tao where I hung around for a week and took a diving course and was extremely exciting and an odd experience under the water, you need to be there to feel it.

Unfortunately, meanwhile I went back from Koh Samui to the Bangkok a fucking prick was inside of the truck of the bus stealing my stuff that includes, my external hard drive, perfume and a towel. In the external HD I had some pictures that I will not have them any longer. Let's forget this, otherwise I will be mad the entire trip.

In Thailand I joined a polish guy at the first days and then a german guy who met up both of them by the chance. So it was pretty fun our time.

After the great time in Thailand I went to London where I visited the most of the free entry museums, therefore when I got at the Louvre in Paris, I was sick of watch any sort of art.

In the UK, I would have stayed only for 4 days, but I got scared with the high price at the hostels and did not go to Liverpool and Manchester as I had planned before. As a consequence I spent my new year's eve close to Big Ben.

So, from UK to France by bus, I could not afford the bloody train fare at 4th of January as a result I travelled by bus. It was a suprise for me to see that the cars, buses, trucks go inside the train which drives through the tunnel, though I thought that we would drive through it.

In Paris was the cooldest place where I have been in Europe, -7 in the in the morning and one of the most expensive. However, I enjoyed the city.

After Paris I dropped by in the north of France in Lille to visit my french mate, Ines who I met in Sydney. I stayed in her house that was great to feel a bit the French culture. By the way, her family welcame me really well, even though my french is poor.

From Lille to Amsterdam, I had stopped over in Belgium for a few hours and I managed to get off the station to take some pictures there before I went foward to Nederland.

Amsterdam reminds me my hometown, because of the channel, nevertheless it is odd. The Red light area, coffee shops definetely make the city unique. When I got off the train station there, I got lost as usual and then I asked a officer for diretion who stink maryjuana. At that moment,

There I visit the Van Gogh museum and Anne Frank's house which was a such experience to see the sad history of the during the world war 2nd.

In Berlin as the most of the city, I have taken a free tour and I visit good spot as well. I got really astonished how it was possible to split up a city by a thin wall, I expected a thicker one.

The Bavaria king's castle and Dachau concentration camp were the most interesting place in the Bavaria area where I slept in Munich.

Milano the center of the football in Italy, I visited the Milan and Inter and moreover I watch a Milan football match which was crapy, because no main player played that day. I had planned to be a day there and I extended for 3 in order to go to the museum and watch the match.

Veneci, The channel reminded again my hometown and I stayed just one night.

Finnally, I am going to Rome where my Italian mate lives. she has offered her house for me meanwhile she is in Australia. Therefore her mother will welcomes me there.


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