ok, so a few days back home has given me a better perspective on this latest european adventure, and i am ready to identify the top 5 favorite and worst parts of the trip......yeh,yeh,eh, its not friday, but mean mamma is in the mood to summarize today......

The top 5-
1. the jealosies in palaeu guell
2. the hat
3. the staircase at casa batllo/the bench at parc guell
4. the meal at la gramola in barcelona
5. the goya painting of the fighting cats in the Prado

The worst 5-
1. the wine at the Prado cafeteria
2. scraping the rental car trying to park in bilbao/getting stuck at exit of st. sebastian parking garage
3. not being able to 'correctly' say 'la quenta, por favor' at any time or any place in 10 days
4. driving through blinding snow in 3rd gear on the way to madrid
5. panic at top of sagrada familia tower and climb down stairs