Wednesday, 16 Sep 2009 | Views [389]
Thursday 10 th September Madrid Jim didn't sleep a wink and the bed was as bad as we anticipated. Nic slept like a baby! Breakfast was even worse. We've obviously raised our standards a little too high. We are now down right offended ... Read more >
Monday, 31 Aug 2009 | Views [398]
Sunday 20 th August Malaga We stumbled out of our beds around midday and ´have spent the afternoon on the terrace, sunning, reading, swimming, taking a little Tinto de verano (Spanish “summer wine” – a mixture of red wine, lemonade and ice) ... Read more >
Monday, 31 Aug 2009 | Views [432]
Saturday 29 th August Malaga Today we spent topping up our tans by the pool and preparing for the big night out – Saturday night in Torremolinos (Malaga´s Gay Town). Of course nothing begins in Spain before midnight so we had dinner in the town ... Read more >
Monday, 31 Aug 2009 | Views [429]
Friday 28 th August Granada Early start to the day for the 90 minute drive to Granada to visit the Al-Humbra. This is the beautiful Spanish-Arab palace that was build in the 12 th Century and is a jewel of Spanish history. We spent 5 hours ... Read more >
Monday, 31 Aug 2009 | Views [390]
Wednesday 26 th August Malaga We awoke via the alarm at 4.45am for our obscenely early morning flight to Malaga. Why Malaga? In January this year, during our annual retreat to the Byron Bay environs, we were sitting under the pandanus trees ... Read more >
Monday, 31 Aug 2009 | Views [422]
Tuesday 25 th August Barcelona Today was our last day to discover as much of Barcelona as we could. We started at La Ramblos and were a bit bored by its touristic nature. We tried the Museum of Erotica but that too was underwhelming, so ... Read more >
Monday, 24 Aug 2009 | Views [613] | Comments [3]
Sunday
23 rd August
Barcelona
We
diligently set the alarm for 8:00am and were on the road by 9:30- day
two of our bus pass for Barcelona. We travelled through the Olympic
corridor and ... Read more >
Sunday, 23 Aug 2009 | Views [724] | Comments [2]
Part
2
Europe
Friday
21 st August
Barcelona,
Spain
It's
9:00pm and we have both had our first taste of the Northern
Hemisphere twilight. We ... Read more >