The past few days(Barcelona and Florence)

If you know us Kruses then you probably know we love the beach and warm weather. When going on vacation a beach is a must have for us. So Wednesday we took a day trip to the town of Sitges, which is about a 40 minute train ride from Barcelona. We weren't sure what to expect when we got there because what we read in our handy Barcelona book and what we heard from the fight attendants were two totally different things. The town of Sitges has 17 different beaches you can go to and it is also a popular destination for gay couples. However we thought it seemed like a family friendly beach minus the several women who went topless, which is normal for people in Europe. We had a relaxing day tanning, reading, and swimming in the mediterranean. We even rented out a little paddle boat, that included a slide, to just mess around on.

On the other hand one of the more frightening things we have experienced on this trip happened at the beach. I was listening to my music when all of a sudden I heard a piercing scream. I took off my headphones to find out it was a mother screaming out the name of her lost child. She just kept screaming and screaming as we sat and watched in terror. Many people ran to her and she started to faint. Everyone on the beach and in the water started yelling the child's name and looking around but after a few minutes there was still no sign of him, I had begun to think he might of drowned. By then the mother had become hysterical and the lifeguard came sprinting down the beach. All of a sudden a man who had found the child comes running over bringing him to the mom. The mom drops to knees crying and hugs her lost son and I am pretty sure that 20 minutes after it happened she was still hugging her son. The son had no clue as to what was going on. Everyone on the beach we just glad to of found the boy! 

After we had left our apartment on thursday for a day of shopping and a trip to the market my mom realized she had forgotten to grab the keys. We went back in to see if the guy at the front desk had an extra. He didn't speak any english at all so thank goodness we had katie there. He didn't have a key but he tried to pick our lock for us and was unsuccessful. The lady we rented out apartment from brought us a key and said that people forget their keys all the time!For lunch we ate at "Tapa Tapa," they had very delicious chicken kabo's if I do say so myself. the rest of the day we just kind of roamed around exploring the many many alley's Barcelona has. Thursday was our last day in Barcelona, although we were sad we were ready to move on to Italy only because we are ready for endless pizza, pasta and gelato!

Yesterday we arrived in Florence, and it was our first time here. We figured out quickly it would be tougher to communicate with people because none of us know Italian. We have definitely had our fair share of pizza, pasta and gelato. The pizza doesn't even compare to pizza back home. Today we visited Uffizi and Galleria Dell' Academia. The Uffizi is an art gallery and it has some incredible art work however THERE IS SO MUCH ART. We were there for nearly 3 hours and we even skipped a section near the end.. our feet hurt from standing so long. The Galleria Dell' Academia is home to the statue of David. It was so cool to see in person and the details are very precise, it even has the veins carven in the neck! For dinner we ate panini's and got some gelato. We saw a street mime and last night and tonight we got to listen to a live orchestra concert in the main square. I must admit that i wasn't to thrilled to be going to florence at first but I am very happy we are here now! I promise to put pictures up soon! Goodnight!