To give you a little taste of what I’ve seen on my spontaneous backpacker trip through Switzerland, France and Spain, I’ve just uploaded some of the highlights. Will take some time to prepare and upload the rest, I guess.

Can you believe that: there’s no Saturday train from Paris to Stuttgart with a single place available (except for 1st class for €210)! The buses don’t serve the main routes Saturday as well. Knowing that I will have to leave Toulouse with the night train to have a chance getting back to Germany on hitch-hiking.

Just enjoyed the last sun here before getting back to where snow and rain seam to feel comfortable at home…
It’s a pitty that Garorock was sold out you guys have fun!

Sitting on Plaza Santa Ana I realize that finally I arrived. It’s holiday, Je suis en vacance, esta es vacansas (this is not spanish I guess, but it sounds like it).

I could be walking around here for days, interrupting wherever I can for a hand full of Tapas, una cerveza de barril and café con leche.

Enjoying that right now
and will take the train to San Sebastian tomorrow morning to further get to Toulouse on Friday for the Garorock Festival.

Life is good, I’d say!

Whow, I forgot how great backpacker travelling is! Have been taken to Lausanne last Thursday to revisit the beautiful city I’ve been studying in in 1999. From there, hitch-hiking to Geneva (cool party;)), next day with train to Montpellier, France.

Didn’t expect to find such an amazing city with a great young crowd willing to party all night long (bars close at 1AM which is arkward but clubs are busy til morning). The beach is a great place to chill, take the bus 28 from Place de l’Europe.

Sunday, Herman from Barcelona took me to Figueres. Dali museum is a great place to spend the afternoon, but be careful to not make your way through it with all the screaming school class excursion folks.

The night train brought me to Madrid where I’m just about to start my second day and with it the second half of my vacation.

It is incredible how many people you meet and how many things you can see on a backpacking tour! Except for a stolen battery charger for my camera (well, it’s not essential but still hurts me) every part of my trip got me surprisingly great people and impressions.

That’s it for now - I’m curious to see more of this beautiful, busy, sunny but windy city…