europe.

so i never put up the photos i said i would.

until now.

as you may know, i spent 3 weeks of june in france and spain, with my fiancee, katrina.
part of the time in the middle of the trip we were joined by her parents.
time of my life.

even as a very abbreviated version, this post is a long one. sorry.
but it's mostly pictures.

here we go...

step one: fly into canada...



toronto international.
nothing was tasteful.

soon enough we were in paris.
it started well.



first things first. we found espresso.
thank god.
then, a hotel.
then we found norte dame.



then more espresso.



that's katrina.



then we saw this thing...
not sure what it is, but it's pretty big.



then i got lost... i just couldn't find a landmark, you know.



but we got through... somehow.



lots of cobbles in paris. they are slippery even to walk on.
much respect to the hard men of cycling.



hmmm, what should we do?



coffee? sure!



i needed an to find a bank... no, not a blood bank!
an atm, silly!
after i managed to find a non-doping bank, we went shopping!
woo hoo!



i could have bought any number of berets or miniature eiffel towers, but i did not.



we stayed in this area of paris.
viva la revolution.



then...



and then...



oh, and mr. fancy, with the beamer... did you know your car is just a taxi cab in europe?
ha ha!



we then left paris for montpillier.
luckly, they had espresso there too.



i also enjoyed a lot of night time espresso.
living it up!



ah! more dope-free cash!
i told them i wanted my atm fees to go straight to saul or thor...
we shall see.



montpellier is pretty f'ing sweet.



espresso in the egg.
(tuffy knows what i mean).



then, a lot of sight seeing, and, oh, i don't know...
...maybe some more cafe action!



i spotted a real live frenchie in montpillier.
check out the baguette, and shitty dog!



i was stoked.
see.



we were kicking it with katrina's parents in montpillier, so while i was still into the nighttime espresso, katrina needed to take it up a notch.



katrina.



we then bid france farewell, and hopped on a train to spain.
they had espresso there as well.
fantastic!

un cafe solo, por favor.
gracias!



sevilla, spain.
make it there if you can.
below is a small part of what they built for the worlds fair.



once.
maybe not dope-free, but still supporting cycling!



see the small white barriers in the street?
that seperates the bike lane from the traffic.
pretty big bike lane, eh?
they have 'em on each side of the street.

un cafe in espana was only 1,30 euro, as opposed to paris where it was 2,70 euro!
so awesome!



we went to a futbol match in sevilla.

sevilla fc versus villareal.

final match of the season, sevilla lost, but they had a pretty kickass season from what i gathered. the fans were happy anyway.

i bought a supporter scarf.
in fact i bought a lot of futbol scarves... i'll take a photo of them one day.
but, trust me.

this winter, i'll be stylin'.

we left sevilla after 5 days, and went up to barcelona to visit my friend lev, who was living there for the summer.

barcelona was on of the highlights of the trip, for sure.
totally awesome. you have to go.
i rode a boat.



i visited a bike shop.



i visited a labyrinth.
but i couldn't find david bowie anywhere...



i also found this thing...
i guess you race bikes on it.



like christopher fricking columbus, i discovered a velodrome.



it was closed.

i tried to find a way in...

to no avail.



so, then we went to the mediterranean.
it's beautiful!



but, we had only 3 days in bacelona, before we had to get back to gay paris, for 1 more day.
and then a loooong flight home.

so we got some coffee.
ouch, after getting used to the prices in spain, plus being at the end of the trip, coffee was quite the luxury... but hey, you can't not have espresso in paris!

we revisited some of our favorite spots.



plus look a the size of that freeking pastry!
puts a pumpkin loaf to shame!



...back on the streets of paris.

and finally, one more for the road.



well, that's the very abbreviated version...

suffice it to say, it was a blast.
100%.

maybe i'll be able to go back once more before i die.