Vikki: When you hear about the French Riviera, it conjures up a picture of beautiful people, flash cars, glamour shops and endless money. Well you wouldn't be wrong. While there are lots of tourists like us (at the other end of the scale) you can't help but just stare at everyone and everything. It really is a different world. We are in Villeneuve Loubet, a smallish village between Nice and Cannes, nicely placed for checking out the general area over the next few...

Vikki: As I sit here typing, looking out our door at torrential rain and hail thanks to a passing storm, it's hard to believe that 2 hours ago we were in 35 degrees with blue sky, no clouds and scrambling around the remains of Chateau des Baux. One could say our timing is impeccable, as we were back at our digs, cooling down with a swim as it started and are now having hot chocolates with marshmallows to warm up. The thunder and lightening are still going for it,...

Raj: My turn to drive yesterday as we left Barcelona and headed back to France, to Castillon du Gard, halfway between Nimes and Avignon. After 5 hours negotiating conflicting directions from the GPS vs road signs, an involuntary stop at a highway junction trying to decide which way to go (not a good look), and holding in pee until we could no longer (so we went in view of people), we finally arrived, in good time. I enjoyed driving on the toll roads and putting...

Harley and Anouk: We have been in Barcelona for 5 days. Our highlights have been: FCB - this stands for Football Club Barcelona. We visited the stadium and saw lots of trophies that the club have won over 100 years. The stadium can hold 100,000 people. We got to go into the changing rooms, the commentator box and the players tunnel. It is hard to imagine all those famous players that walk through the tunnel and onto the pitch all the time. Both of us bought FCB...

Raj: It was hard to pick a blog photo - Sagrada Família (the life and continuing work of Antoni Gaudi's large and nothing like you've ever seen Roman Catholic Church) or Barcelona Football Stadium (the largest and most famous soccer stadium in Europe). Gaudi won as the kids will blog about BFS tomorrow. Both sights were spectacular and worth the effort to see over two long and very hot days (the heat bringing back memories of Asia). The open tour audio guided...