Hi everyone - we are now in Portugal and today is Jud's birthday and we couldn't have picked a better spot. This place is stunning - we are right on the River Duoro - the heart of the wine growing region for port. Our accommodation is amazing - we have a house to ourselves - it is huge, modern and the living area is surrounded by floor to ceiling glass sliding doors with the most amazing views of the river and villages. Huge deck all around to sit and drink local...

The wedding - maddest preparations for a wedding, completely crazy - and nothing ever runs on time. Family, friends, neighbours, animals overrunning the house. People dropping large wads of cash in envelopes for the couple. And as is the norm for Spain as we are discovering everything was running late but no- one seemed too concerned. Australians are so uptight and anal in comparison. Anyway we all boarded a bus and headed to Oia. There was singing and dancing a...

OK we've got access to a computer for a couple of days but no luck with downloading photos - so you'll just have to excuse the lame images I'm putting up at the mo'. It won't let me post a blog without including an image. So I have to use what's loaded on the ipod- kids drawings, family photos - sorry everyone. Anyway, we had an early start to the day after such a late night - starting to feel a bit worn out. Such full on busy days. Once again we're up this morni...