Josh's Update
It has really been too long since I wrote in this here blog, so I will let you all know what has happened to me on this crazy hair raising trip! I haven’t written since NY so I will bring you up to speed as best I can!
We where in London for about 1 day, and that place was just not floating our boat. It was expensive, wet, and to make a long story short to save money we spent the night in the air port and bought tickets to fly out the next morning to Barcelona, Spain. We landed in Spain with jet leg coming out of no where! At least Austin and I had jet leg and all I wanted to do was just sleep. And to really top it off there had just been a flood in Spain! Or at least the part we were in. We worked our way from the plain through rives of rain on the tarmac, to make it to the luggage pick up. Got all our gear, put our rain coats on and tried to figure out how to use a Spanish ATM machine. That really didn’t work out so great, or maybe it did we don’t know. Now all we had to do was make it into the city which was about a 40min ride on the bus! I don’t know how but we found the right bus got on and had a beautiful ride into the city. I had no idea what to expect in Barcelona, I really don’t even think I had heard of it before now. But what an amazing place to be able to see for the first time! Well, it was off the bus and now we had to find a place to stay. We all…Aaron, Clay, Austin, and myself had our packs on, and that means the closest place we can find to get rid of them was going to be the best idea. We looked at some maps and found that the closest place to camp was a ½ hr drive out of town, so we started looking for a place to camp in town. We found this huge park right in the touristy part; we where well hidden and it looked like it was going to be the only place we could camp that night. We set up the tent and as far as things went for me I thought it was great. But from what I heard not everyone slept very good that night. But the morning was an other story, Clay and Aust had gotten up early to get some pics and Aaron and I just stayed at the tent and slept until we were woke up by the police. It was straight madness for about 10 min Aaron and I were packing things like crazy and all the sudden like the police had just figured out we didn’t speak Spanish they just left. And I am so glad they did, there was no way Aaron and I were going to be able to pack all our stuff with out Clay and Aust. But any way after all this Aaron started staying in a hostel and the three of us moved camp to a more hidden place in the park. I am going to pick up the pace now because if I don’t it is going to take me forever to write this.
Barcelona was so great! We did so much there and I hope to tell you all about it latter. And if you have any questions just ask. After that it was on the road again we headed to France. The big deal on this leg of the trip was that we found out that Obama was our new president and I think it was a bigger deal over here then in the US. People just are nuts about him here. France was just a blur, it was wet and we did get to see some pretty crazy places but I really wasn’t sold on France. We spent 5 days in France then one short day under a bridge in Monte Carlo and then it was Italy where we are right now.
Italy has been a blast! Camping has been going so good. And we ate pizza in Pisa, talk with some Mormon friends and now we are in Roma! How was that for picking up the pace? We have been in Roma for 6 days now and we are getting ready to head out tomorrow morning. But Roma has been one of the best cities we have been in yet; there is so much to see and do here. I have loved being here after today we saw some amazing things. We went to the Catacombs today and that was just way to short of a tour, but so good! After that we were just rolling around on the bus and got of at what we thought was the wrong place. But there was this huge building there so we thought we would just go cheek it out. And we didn’t even know it till we were on our way out , and we went right back in because we found out that the heads of Peter and Paul were in side this building that was a catholic church. I was just so crazy to be there, and all I can do is praise God for letting us find that place! We spent another hour at least there, then we went out for some real Italian food! It is so good! We have been eating for the most part bread and the cheapest Nutella we can find. But it has been pretty good so far. God has really been at work in my life and in our friendships and can truly say that I feel so blessed to be here now! One thing that I could use your prayer on is that I really am getting over the city and just site seeing. I just need something to do…But I just want to thank you for all your prayers your support has been so encouraging. This verse has been a huge encouragement to me! So here it is…. Romans 15:13 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”
We where in London for about 1 day, and that place was just not floating our boat. It was expensive, wet, and to make a long story short to save money we spent the night in the air port and bought tickets to fly out the next morning to Barcelona, Spain. We landed in Spain with jet leg coming out of no where! At least Austin and I had jet leg and all I wanted to do was just sleep. And to really top it off there had just been a flood in Spain! Or at least the part we were in. We worked our way from the plain through rives of rain on the tarmac, to make it to the luggage pick up. Got all our gear, put our rain coats on and tried to figure out how to use a Spanish ATM machine. That really didn’t work out so great, or maybe it did we don’t know. Now all we had to do was make it into the city which was about a 40min ride on the bus! I don’t know how but we found the right bus got on and had a beautiful ride into the city. I had no idea what to expect in Barcelona, I really don’t even think I had heard of it before now. But what an amazing place to be able to see for the first time! Well, it was off the bus and now we had to find a place to stay. We all…Aaron, Clay, Austin, and myself had our packs on, and that means the closest place we can find to get rid of them was going to be the best idea. We looked at some maps and found that the closest place to camp was a ½ hr drive out of town, so we started looking for a place to camp in town. We found this huge park right in the touristy part; we where well hidden and it looked like it was going to be the only place we could camp that night. We set up the tent and as far as things went for me I thought it was great. But from what I heard not everyone slept very good that night. But the morning was an other story, Clay and Aust had gotten up early to get some pics and Aaron and I just stayed at the tent and slept until we were woke up by the police. It was straight madness for about 10 min Aaron and I were packing things like crazy and all the sudden like the police had just figured out we didn’t speak Spanish they just left. And I am so glad they did, there was no way Aaron and I were going to be able to pack all our stuff with out Clay and Aust. But any way after all this Aaron started staying in a hostel and the three of us moved camp to a more hidden place in the park. I am going to pick up the pace now because if I don’t it is going to take me forever to write this.
Barcelona was so great! We did so much there and I hope to tell you all about it latter. And if you have any questions just ask. After that it was on the road again we headed to France. The big deal on this leg of the trip was that we found out that Obama was our new president and I think it was a bigger deal over here then in the US. People just are nuts about him here. France was just a blur, it was wet and we did get to see some pretty crazy places but I really wasn’t sold on France. We spent 5 days in France then one short day under a bridge in Monte Carlo and then it was Italy where we are right now.
Italy has been a blast! Camping has been going so good. And we ate pizza in Pisa, talk with some Mormon friends and now we are in Roma! How was that for picking up the pace? We have been in Roma for 6 days now and we are getting ready to head out tomorrow morning. But Roma has been one of the best cities we have been in yet; there is so much to see and do here. I have loved being here after today we saw some amazing things. We went to the Catacombs today and that was just way to short of a tour, but so good! After that we were just rolling around on the bus and got of at what we thought was the wrong place. But there was this huge building there so we thought we would just go cheek it out. And we didn’t even know it till we were on our way out , and we went right back in because we found out that the heads of Peter and Paul were in side this building that was a catholic church. I was just so crazy to be there, and all I can do is praise God for letting us find that place! We spent another hour at least there, then we went out for some real Italian food! It is so good! We have been eating for the most part bread and the cheapest Nutella we can find. But it has been pretty good so far. God has really been at work in my life and in our friendships and can truly say that I feel so blessed to be here now! One thing that I could use your prayer on is that I really am getting over the city and just site seeing. I just need something to do…But I just want to thank you for all your prayers your support has been so encouraging. This verse has been a huge encouragement to me! So here it is…. Romans 15:13 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”
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