Barcelona New Years

The flight back from Tokyo was also very smooth, with a day and night layover in Istanbul again. I was hoping to go exploring for a few hours this time, but since the shuttle bus got bomb-checked at the security gates to the hotel, I decided not to. Plus when I turned on the news the Kurds were rioting so I stayed in the hotel and drank beer. I had a few days back in Berlin to rest, then to Hamburg for Christmas and Barcelona for New Years.

Barcelona was nice. Nothing too incredibly noteworthy except the Gaudy stuff. The Sagrada Familia church was pretty impressive from the outside but a waste of 12eur for the entrance fee. There is nothing inside as they are still doing construction. You can take a lift to the top---for an extra 3 eur. So you wait in line for an hour or so to get into the church then its another hour or so just to get in an elevator.Some of the Gaudy buildings
One day we rented a car and drove about 2 hours to the little sea town of Cadaques, right on the border of Spain and France. This is where Dali lived and worked. The rental company was Sixt (a German company) so when I started talking to the girl in German, we got upgraded to BMW. The Dali Museum
More random shots

Final night in Tokyo

On our last night we met our friend Ron and some of his friends to go out. We started at a pub where it was all-you-can-drink and eat for about 30USD. From there we stumbled to a club where we stayed until the subways would start running again in the morning. Many pictures were taken that night but none flattering, so I'll leave it to a limited few.

Japan Misc.

Pachinko. A quick and easy way to throw away your money
Crazy Japanese watch


The random Japanese person's face mask I bought
Gabe getting help refilling his metro card



Whiskey highballs from a tap and octopus balls

A very confused-looking Gabe on the subway. Or maybe he's got gas