back in lille...for a few days...

ok...so the rest of our time in spain was well spent...our second day in barcelona we went to the chocolate museum and did a lot of shopping...in one store, my sister was trying to decided on a purse when i noticed this guy walk in...i thought to my self "hmmm, that guy looks like ty pennington from trading spaces"..."wow, that guy really looks like ty pennington"...."i mean he REALLY looks like ty pennington"....needless to say it was!!! i should informl my readers at this point that i used to be quite a trading spaces addict, thanks in part to their tasty carpenter...so he left and gracie was still in the process of buyting her purse and he disappeared into the crowd...plus we decided that he was on vacation and probably didn't want to be bothered...besides, we didn't want to be "one of those people"....so we kept shopping and about 15 minutes we run into him again...ok, once is coincidence, twice is destiny!!!!! i went up and asked for a picture and it was quite obvious that he was annoyed but he politely posed...i'll post the pic later....yes folks, i am "one of those people"....

we headed out the next day figueras...what is in figueras, you ask....one frickin' huge salvador dali museum....we spent several hours there...incredible!!!! we also went to the toy museum, which was cool but not worth the 4€ (the one in edinburgh was better) and san ferran castle...we took the night train back to paris on sunday night...we got a first class couchette for half price and it was definately worth the extra cash....i think i got my best night's sleep that night...or maybe it was just the dramamine....

we met up with my dad and step-mom in paris and took the tgv to lille...yesterday we walked around vieux lille and the citatel....today we're picking up the rental car and heading out to gondecourt...tomorrow we're off for the long drive to sweden....that's right kids, sweden....we'll be stopping in denmark along the way and amsterdam on the way back if we have time...grace and i have never been there and neither of us are sure what to expect...we both agree that we envision sweden as one gigantic ikea...i hope we're not disappointed!!!!

more updates to come...sorry these are a bit dry...but there's a lot to fit in...