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After an alcohol fueled week at Oktoberfest Mel was homeward bound.

She left Joe and I to gallivant around Europe, a bit worrying I know. The first order of business was Amsterdam. We figured we'd try to get most of our partying out of the way, and eventually move on to France and then Barcelona; Europe's skateboarding capitol.

Proceeding what was certainly an eventful few weeks making our way around The Netherlands (all mentioned in a previous post; (The Netherlands) , we boarded a train to Metz; France to meet up with our friend Anthony.

Metz is a town in Central/Northern France. Anthony would often complain of the weather and was very spiteful of those living in Southern France. I must admit it did rain a little, but not enough to stop us from having a great time.

Anthony was very accommodating; he cooked for us, taught us how to pick up French women and took us skateboarding all over Metz, including a day trip to Luxembourg; a landlocked country in Western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France and Germany. 

I was back in my favorite European city; the beers and the smiles were flowing. After a week in Barcelona Joe and I were upgraded to our own private apartment at the top of our hostel.

We soon organised to meet up with our friend Ali, who was in the UK. Ali rolled into Barcelona to join the party. We were really soaking in the Barcelona lifestyle. Our routine was as follows;

After two weeks in Metz we bid farewell to Anthony and headed towards Barcelona.

• 2.00 pm: Wake up

• 3.00 pm: Lunch

• 4.00 pm: Skate until sundown

• 8.00 pm: Pick up beers on the way home

• 10.00 pm : Dinner and drinking

• 12.00 am : Jump on the metro and party on

After 5 weeks of this you think we would have tired, but Barcelona never disappoints.

We also met some good people at our hostel; a group of loud and obnoxious American girls who turned out to be great company, and 5 British lads who were also in Barcelona for invariably the same reason as us; to skate and party. We spent a few weeks with them visiting some of Barcelona's most prominent skate spots.

Some highlights of our time in Barcelona included a run in with a drug dealer, skateboarding at some of the world's most famous spots, karaoke with Ali, being kicked by a prostitute, the countless nights out and the endless 1 Euro beers that were consumed beach-side.