the rest of rome and barcelona

the best part about going out in rome is walking past 1000+ year old buildings on the way home. partying in rome is similar to berlin in that you need to know where to go. apparently, the people of rome don't really drink too much, so all the bars and clubs are kind of tucked away. partly due to this, jeff and i ended up about a 45 minute walk from our hostel. we had a pretty good time talking with some columbians and portugeuse; two places i previously knew very little about. on our last day, jeff and i took a walk down to the vatican but refused to pay the entrance fee to the vatican museum on principal. we were planning on going to florence, but jeff noticed that we could catch the last night of the sonar music festival, possibly barcelona's biggest party, if we hopped on a ferry the next day....so we did. i would be surprised if anywhere parties harder than barcelona because i don't think it is possible. we went out at 10 and the last band went on at 5:30 in the morning. hordes of starting-to-be hungover people walking past people heading to work...is barcelona. one night of partying here essentially takes up two days time. not sure where we are headed to next, but i think we are all content killing more time here.