Lisbon @ MindSay 
PORTUGAL:
On the beach at Cascai.
Cascai.
Cascai.
Cascai.
Lisbon.
Lisbon, city center.
Lisbon.
Castle ruins. (Lisbon)
My sister Katie, @ the Sanrio store in Lisbon.
My first impression of Lisbon. Beautiful, right?
Walking to St. Jeronimone (sp?.. haha)
Lisbon!!
Beautiful Katie, in a garden. Lisbon.
Cascai!
Little boy on the beach @ Cascai.
Lisbon.
Pestana Palace. Lisbon.
"Tale as old as time.. song as old as rhyme.."
It reminded me of beauty & the beast - hah.
Lisbon.
I was a little bit off.. heh.
Overlooking Lisbon.
Me and Kate laugh at this one.
I'm colorful.
Just in the streets. Lisbon.
Lisbon.
Uhhhuhhhh. Lisbon.
Cascai.
Lisbon.
Lisbon.
The age of DISCOVERYYYYYYYYY.
Lisbon.
The pastries won us over.
Lisbon.
Mouth of Hell.
Cascai.
Lisbon.
Lisbon.
Lisbon.
Lisbon.
The prettiest streets in the world. Lisbon.
Gotta love it.
In the Garden. Lisbon.
Lisbon.
Lisbon!
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BARCELONA, Spain:
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Mont' Juic.
Barcelona.
House of Bones.
Antoni Gaudi.
Barcelona.
Barcelona.
We liked the colors of Euros.
Not the exchange rate.
Bathroom, Gothic Quarter.
Barcelona.
Mont Juic.
Cathedral.
Barcelona.
Barcelona.
Cable Cars.
Barcelona.
Barcelona! :D
Barcelona.
Barcelona.
I love the streets.
Cathedral, actually.
Barcelona.
Cathedral.
Barcelona.
Barcelona. Close to the Gothic Quarter.
Barcelona.
$1 boots. BARCELONA!!
Barcelona.
Mont Juic. Overlooking Barcelona.
Barcelonaaaaaaaaaaaa.
BCN.
Gaudi!
Barcelona.
Blue skies over Barcelona.
Me and Katie.
Mont Juic.
BCN.
House of Bones.
The coolest house ever.
Barcelona
Barcelona
Hot Chocolate & Churros is my new favorite meal.
Katie & I.
Mont Juic!
Not staged at all.
Paella. Traditional Spanish dish. Sooo good.
Barcelona.
Mont Juic.
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Those aren't even a quarter of all my pictures,
but it's alot! Hope you liked 'em.
I'm leaving for Vegas tomorrow morning
with my friend Mary.
My 18th birthday is on Tuesday!
Can you believe it?
Scanning the headlines on Yahoo! today brought me to an interesting article. It was about the hottest tourist destinations of 2008. This is the kind of thing I normally enjoy reading because it gives me ideas and helps me dream of the day I can head off on a dream vacation. However, this is quite possibly the most absurd list I have seen in my life.
The article could have been called "5 places no one will ever go". Okay that's not really fair, people do go to New Orleans (#5) but putting it on the list primarily because Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie live there seems a trifle appalling (for lack of a better word).
Shall we discuss #1? Bhutan? A place I had to look up just to know where it is? Why would anyone want to travel to a place that charges people $200 just to enter the country? And what on earth does Bhutan have that you can't get from any other scenic place in the world? Want a majestic view...go visit the Grand Canyon, it's free. But hey, everybody's happy there so maybe we should go, just to see what they're on.
Which brings us to the absurdly ridiculous choice of Greenland for #2. Quick, anyone name a city in Greenland. It is a huge place...any city will do. Stumped? Yeah, the rest of the world too. Touring igloos doesn't sound like a vacation to me. But then, I am from Minnesota that kind of thing seems mundane here.
I won't go in detail on the rest (although #3 wasn't the worst pick in the world, it certainly wasn't the best either). Check out the article and read the sniveling, pathetic remarks by the author. Really, the choices are lame enough, but the reasons truly give the article its tarnish.