Saturday December 20, 1997
Barcelona, Spain
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Current Time
GMT (+0):16:41
Seattle (-8):09:41
Barcelona (+1):17:41

Barcelona, Spain :
Latitude:41° 23' 42" North
Longitude:2° 9' 49" East
From Seattle:6103 miles
Altitude:1133 feet
Lodging:Hostel - Albergu de Juventud Kabul
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Today's Travel:
Country:Spain
Region:Catalonia
Weather:Partial Sun
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Trip to Date:
Day:254
Linear Dist:42647
Countries Visited:20
Regions Visited:92
Nights in Hotels:42
Nights with Friends / Family:82
Nights Camping:35
Nights in Hostels:69
Nights in Transit:26
Beers:1044
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Entry:
Rowing with Reial Club Maritim de Barcelona (RCMB)! Didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night, part because I kept thinking I really needed it, and part because of all the people coming in through the night (no earplugs since I needed to hear the alarm). Even so it was awesome. The rowing itself was actually pretty good, considering we'd never rowed together and there was a serious language barrier. But the truth is it just felt so good to be on the water again. I feel like my whole spirit has been recharged. The bad news is that I'm in even worse shape than I thought I was, I'm starting to stiffen up and I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get out of bed tomorrow, which I need to do beccause I got invited back tomorrow morning.

The only reason I manged to survive this mornings row is that we were rowing on the Olympic canoe course and it's only 1000m long. Most of the people I passed at 7:30 this morning on my way to meet my ride were on their way home from Friday nights activities. These people may actually party too hard.

I wasn't feeling much like moving when I got back from the row so I went and wandered around the Olympic village. While wandering I found a cinema showing Version Original films (translation: in English with Spanish subtitles). So I caught an afternoon showing of the new 007 movie, Tomorrow Never Dies. I liked it, I thought it was a much better action movie than Mission Impossible.


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