London - we were greeted by grey skies, rain, cold, wind and gloom but wouldn't expect anything else from old London town. Love it!! Despite the weather, Jud went out for a curry and a pint! Most things have stayed the same - the overwhelming crowds of busy commuters, the corner pubs, the fab shopping and markets, the weather, the variety of things to do - but there've also been many changes in the years since we were last here. Many new buildings and development...

The Champs E'lysee is a busy street - we getting down with everyone we meet. Yes, we've made it - we are now in Paris - the eternal city, the city of love... Oh how we love Paris- in the morning, in the spring time, every moment of the year. But first we must tell about Disneyland - a day at the happiest place on earth is probably not enough for the kids and in retrospect we probably should have done a 2 day visit.. the kids just thought it was the most awesome ...

Oh my Lordy!!! I don 't know quite where to start?!? So here we are in the stunning Loire region of France amidst petrol strikes, riots and general unrest. It's been a full-on few days but we are all OK and haven't been overly affected by the feisty French goings-on. The worst that's happened is that we've had some trouble finding gazole (that is diesel to us) and what I think 90 percent of the European population use. So we asked our kind hosts for some local ti...

OK before I start a few people have asked where the details of the wedding are. This blog doesn't seem to place posts logically ie. in date order but rather in locations. So the post for the wedding is in the side bar under locations - click on Portugal and then under Oia. Sorry we've not been updating regularly but we've been without wi-fi for ages now. So we left Barcelona more easily than we arrived - as a matter of fact it was very smooth. However the weath...

OH MY GOD!!! The drive into Barcelona was one of the most stressful things we've ever done. Jud drove the 620km from El Escorial to Barcelona - I've yet to do any driving - just too freaked out!! So the drive was exhausting - huge full day - then at the end of it when everyone was tired, hungry and frazzled we had to deal with the madness that is Barcelona traffic. We had to find our accommodation in the middle of the city at peak hour and it took over an hour. I...