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Anyone who wants to know why I'm such a weirdo should just watch the Flight of the Concords video "Foux de Fa Fa" and it will all make sense. Bonsoir mes amis!

FOR SOLANA

MIDDAY IN PARIS

Owen will I see you again? Haha dorks that we are, we went and found the spot where they filmed Midnight in Paris and these are the steps that Owen Wilson sits on at midnight. We could hear the old bells from St. Genevieve and imagine the old car coming up the street. All that was missing were Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald and that hot guy who plays Hemingway!

WINE NOT

If you can't find me for some reason, it's probably because I'm hiding in Blaye, France at a bed & breakfast called Villa St. Simon. I will be writing a book, sipping on "Chateau Marquis de Vauban" and eating oysters and samosas on Sundays. The three people that own & work here are superior human beings - totally knowledgeable and fun to hang out with. They were probably the happiest bunch of people I've ever met. So I think living in a small French town might be good for all of us.



I knew I liked this guy Les and it wasn't just the leather vest!


This is the fabulous Julian, who once rode in Quadrophenia next to Sting.


EVIL FIG GUTS!


This lil' 1966 Solex was so fun! Even though Julian was too nervous to let me on the street with it. Here is also his custom Deux Chevaux. Built in tire-rack. Brilliant bloke.


Note that I don't know what I'm doing half the time so I ordered a 1/2 carafe for myself at lunch after Jill ordered a smaller one.


Oh the french zey are too much!

NIGHT MOVES

I see a theme here: wherever I go I must book an apartment with a really awesome view of some famous church! This particular beauty is from the east side of le Sacre-Couer near the Montmartre.

2 MORE DAYS

Necesito mas tapas!!! These are so good - roasted hot peppers, "pimientos de padrón."

CEMENTERIO DEL ESTE

There is a saint here named Francesc Canals Ambrós, "El Santet" - and one of the most visited graves in the East Cemetery. We can't find any information on why he's so popular, except rumor has it he was a humble young man who died in a fire in 1932 and that people have great religious devotion for his (alleged) miracles. They leave handwritten notes through a glass window in front of his grave, then pray and walk away without looking back. I wish I had known this before I got here. Anyway, this was a really special place with lots of evil cats.







"El Diablo" - aka Rosemary's Gato

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We took an awesome night tour bus around town and saw the Magic Fountain of Mont Juic! I was lookin' for the magic, 'Dwight Twilly' style. After awhile things got all green, misty and awesome and then ... well, no one will ever believe me.

GOODNIGHT NICI!

Just workin' on my novel!! xoxo

LAND OF SAND & SHANDY

While most everyone I knew was getting home from Diamondhead I was wandering around the train stations trying to get to Sitges! Oh man, it took 3 trains and 3 tickets and a couple of long, hot walks but we made it! It's a real cute town south of Barcelona ... and this shandy / clara / beer with lemon thing has become a daily fixation...




OMG! Tweekers on the beach, it's just a little taste of Polk Street in Spain!




Slim Shandy and the Beach Princess (kidding Jill!)


Here's Jill and her handsome broadcaster friend Thomas ¡WHO HAD A CAMEO ON 30 ROCK!, and also lived in Nebraska - it's clear, the most good looking people come from the midwest

MUSEU DELS AUTOMATS

That totally sounds like robots but it's the Catalan sister of Musee Mechanique in SF. Today was one of those days where I completely failed at pronouncing anything correctly (which is almost everyday!) Jill and I went up a 'Funicular' (I kept saying 'Fundido') to the Tibidabo (I kept saying Tibidibi / Scooby Doo.) But not all was lost, I found this awesome picture of Nici and me, an inferno, a french execution and A MIRROR REFLECTION of what I look like after one week in Barcelona. It was really hard to capture the whiskey eye on this chick but she was awesome!

TEMPLE DE SAGRAT COR

Thank you google or I'd have no idea where I was! This was also at the Tibidoobiedoo.



If you aren't careful Jesus will land on your head!


Just tryin' to fit in here in the land of las bonitas!


Yes, people are inside of those bubbles playing in the water and I took this photo to remind myself that when I'm rich to get some of these for my infinity pool!

BREAKFAST

I swear I like coming to Europe just because it's an excuse to eat bread & cheese upon arrival and for every meal forward.

APARTAMENTO

No complaints from me with this view - but I gotta say, the real icing on the cake was the "NEBRASKA" restaurant across the street from our apartment. I mean, what the hell? Jill and I were dying! Like, what do they serve there? Hamburgers? Red Beer? Corn on the Cob? We planned to go there immediately - but alas, they are closed until August 28th, the day we leave Spain. However, since we're such loyal Huskers, we may stay an extra night just to see if they have runzas.