Last weekend, Kathy's sister came and visited. We found a decent Chineese restaurant in Chinatown (go figure, for real, we've been looking for a good one). We were there while we were seeing Cirque Du Soleil - Corteo. It was awesome as expected. If I can say one thing about that show, is that it makes me want to get a hotel room and re-master the skills of hotel bed skydiving. It was so cool some of the stuff they were doing. I loved it.
I got back into playing starcraft. Go figure, I get a screaming gaming machine and I play a 10 year old game. Awesome. Well anyway, that game rules. I also got Call of Duty. I gotta say, that has some of the best single player action I've ever seen. Its really fun and really intense. I dig it. One thing that was cool is that I was actually there a few weeks ago in Caen. That was cool. It looks a bit different. Its fun though.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Friday, November 10, 2006
Finishing Europe and new Computer and fixed the house.
So a recap of how the rest of Europe went: Gallery
So we took a Ferry over the English Channel into Caen France. That is where many of the beaches of Normandy are. We had to take the night ferry, and we wanted to be to Paris by the time the night train left for Barcelona so we didn't have a lot of time. We got to one of the beaches. It wasn't really what I expected. It was just a normal beach. I didn't see like the cliffs or anything of (Utah) so it wasn't like in Saving Private Ryan. We were there for about 3 hours. We ended up missing a bus to downtown Caen cuz we were walking around the little port town. 1 thing that was cool was the very very very fresh seafood they were selling at the little market. The fish were still alive. It was wild.
Anyway, so we ended up in Caen and we had to get a train ticket to Paris which proved somewhat difficult. I was able to ask the busdriver if we were headed to Caen because of the book we had. But once he explained stuff and I had no idea what he was saying, I figured it was best for me to just get on the bus. It was the same at the train station. I basically just handed the lady the book of french words and pointed to what I wanted to say. It was a mess.
Paris was alright. We saw the Louvre. That was tight. I guess thats like the "castle" of France. That is where Louis the something lived. Unreal that anyone can live in a place like that. It was absurd.
While we were in France we were hungry. We tried to eat, but apparently no restaurants serve food between like 2 and 7 PM. So that was weak. I didn't get it.
We left Paris.
The night train was tight. We met some dude who was a bouncer who just kept going to all these cities doing bounce work. He knew all kinds of languages. He was more than helpful with us. We like him. I had myfirst experience speaking spanish on that train. It was tight. I tried talking to the train bartender. I did ok. It was really fun.
Barcelona was off the chain. I loved it, the weather was stellar, the people were awesome and I got to practice more spanish. It was so great. I really enjoyed that. We went up and down La Rumbla and saw all these hella cool street performers. It ruled. We went to the beach, we went to La Segrada Familia (awesome) and a whole bunch of other stuff. Again, I really liked Barcelona.
So at this point we had a choice of either going to Madrid or somewhere else. We heard that Valencia was really nice, plus it was farther south which meant warmer waters. We went. Thats one of the big things I loved about this trip, we could do whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted. So we hoped a train and went.
Valencia was tight as well. The food was good and of course more spanish speaking. We went to a museum there (see the gallery). We went to an "American" restaruant. That was kinda interesting. Very TexMex. It was fun. They have this (no longer a) river there that runs through the whole city that you can now walk on. Its really nice. It would have been stellar to run that. But I didn't. We went to the beach in Valencia and the sand was super super soft. I loved that.
We were only in Valencia like 2 days, so we split out of there and went back to Barcelona. When we were there we saw these Soccer dudes, including Beckham and Ronaldinho, shooting a commercial for pepsi I think. It was crazy, Kathy and I were standing where all the extras were and since we were dressed like extras I don't think the directors cared that we were there. So that ruled. Plus it was just cool to be around all those famous guys.
On the way up to Paris to catch our flight, we stopped by some store and got a big baguette thing and some brie cheese. It was great, we just ate that on the way to the train and on the train. We also stopped by a wine store and I got a nice Spanish bottle. The problem was that we didn't have a bottle opener on hand, so the guy (super awesome) just gave me the stores bottle opener. How friggen sweet was that? He said something like "Esta recuerdo Espana". Something to remember Spain. I thought it was totally cool. He ruled.
Anyway, Paris was Paris. They had Crepes. And the Hostile was REDICULOUSLY wierd. There were like 10 year olds staying there as well as like 80 year olds. It was odd. And like I said....Paris is Paris. Not much to say.
Totally unrelated:
We finally fixed up the ceiling in the house It was a mess for like 2 months. Now its finally good and we can finally live in our living room. What a mess it was. And what a pain to clean it up. The job we did is not nearly perfect, but it is only noticeable if you are looking for it. So whatever. We learned alot about drywalling.
I got a new computer:
Unremarkable case
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Windsor 2.2 GHZ (that is alot of description in only the title..wierd)
2GB DDR2 SDRAM PC2 6400
and here is the good part...
19" 8ms HD Widescreen
XFX GeForce 7900GT 256MB GDDR3 gfx card (oh god....i need new pants)
So I've been playing wow and half life on it. Wow is like a totally different game now. It is absolutely georgeous to look at. I relike it now. Also halflife is just off the chain. Oh god its good.
Done.
So we took a Ferry over the English Channel into Caen France. That is where many of the beaches of Normandy are. We had to take the night ferry, and we wanted to be to Paris by the time the night train left for Barcelona so we didn't have a lot of time. We got to one of the beaches. It wasn't really what I expected. It was just a normal beach. I didn't see like the cliffs or anything of (Utah) so it wasn't like in Saving Private Ryan. We were there for about 3 hours. We ended up missing a bus to downtown Caen cuz we were walking around the little port town. 1 thing that was cool was the very very very fresh seafood they were selling at the little market. The fish were still alive. It was wild.
Anyway, so we ended up in Caen and we had to get a train ticket to Paris which proved somewhat difficult. I was able to ask the busdriver if we were headed to Caen because of the book we had. But once he explained stuff and I had no idea what he was saying, I figured it was best for me to just get on the bus. It was the same at the train station. I basically just handed the lady the book of french words and pointed to what I wanted to say. It was a mess.
Paris was alright. We saw the Louvre. That was tight. I guess thats like the "castle" of France. That is where Louis the something lived. Unreal that anyone can live in a place like that. It was absurd.
While we were in France we were hungry. We tried to eat, but apparently no restaurants serve food between like 2 and 7 PM. So that was weak. I didn't get it.
We left Paris.
The night train was tight. We met some dude who was a bouncer who just kept going to all these cities doing bounce work. He knew all kinds of languages. He was more than helpful with us. We like him. I had myfirst experience speaking spanish on that train. It was tight. I tried talking to the train bartender. I did ok. It was really fun.
Barcelona was off the chain. I loved it, the weather was stellar, the people were awesome and I got to practice more spanish. It was so great. I really enjoyed that. We went up and down La Rumbla and saw all these hella cool street performers. It ruled. We went to the beach, we went to La Segrada Familia (awesome) and a whole bunch of other stuff. Again, I really liked Barcelona.
So at this point we had a choice of either going to Madrid or somewhere else. We heard that Valencia was really nice, plus it was farther south which meant warmer waters. We went. Thats one of the big things I loved about this trip, we could do whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted. So we hoped a train and went.
Valencia was tight as well. The food was good and of course more spanish speaking. We went to a museum there (see the gallery). We went to an "American" restaruant. That was kinda interesting. Very TexMex. It was fun. They have this (no longer a) river there that runs through the whole city that you can now walk on. Its really nice. It would have been stellar to run that. But I didn't. We went to the beach in Valencia and the sand was super super soft. I loved that.
We were only in Valencia like 2 days, so we split out of there and went back to Barcelona. When we were there we saw these Soccer dudes, including Beckham and Ronaldinho, shooting a commercial for pepsi I think. It was crazy, Kathy and I were standing where all the extras were and since we were dressed like extras I don't think the directors cared that we were there. So that ruled. Plus it was just cool to be around all those famous guys.
On the way up to Paris to catch our flight, we stopped by some store and got a big baguette thing and some brie cheese. It was great, we just ate that on the way to the train and on the train. We also stopped by a wine store and I got a nice Spanish bottle. The problem was that we didn't have a bottle opener on hand, so the guy (super awesome) just gave me the stores bottle opener. How friggen sweet was that? He said something like "Esta recuerdo Espana". Something to remember Spain. I thought it was totally cool. He ruled.
Anyway, Paris was Paris. They had Crepes. And the Hostile was REDICULOUSLY wierd. There were like 10 year olds staying there as well as like 80 year olds. It was odd. And like I said....Paris is Paris. Not much to say.
Totally unrelated:
We finally fixed up the ceiling in the house It was a mess for like 2 months. Now its finally good and we can finally live in our living room. What a mess it was. And what a pain to clean it up. The job we did is not nearly perfect, but it is only noticeable if you are looking for it. So whatever. We learned alot about drywalling.
I got a new computer:
Unremarkable case
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Windsor 2.2 GHZ (that is alot of description in only the title..wierd)
2GB DDR2 SDRAM PC2 6400
and here is the good part...
19" 8ms HD Widescreen
XFX GeForce 7900GT 256MB GDDR3 gfx card (oh god....i need new pants)
So I've been playing wow and half life on it. Wow is like a totally different game now. It is absolutely georgeous to look at. I relike it now. Also halflife is just off the chain. Oh god its good.
Done.
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