We headed off for Venezia rather early as it was to be an 8 hour drive. The scenery was spectular - passing the Cote d'Azur, rolling hills (if not mountains), over rivers etc. It was a spectacular sight to see glass houses, vegie gardens and vines growing on the cliffs. We checked into the hotel then were off to discover Venice - we started off strolling around some of the back streets, seeing kids outside playing in piazza's with Nona. The smells of food...

We made it into Arles - a beautiful quaint little French town. We wandered around the city - stopped off for a refreshing drink at a place called the Wallabeer (full of Australian iconic items - yet only locals drinking in there! Quite bizarre). We then walked to a local shopping centre as the power adapter had been left behind in Spain. Low and behold one could not be found! Mr D (aka MacGyver) decided to buy a European plug and set out to convert the power boar...

Baca Baca, Barcelona! We arrived to our hotel (20 kms from Barcelona) early in the afternoon, after having driven for most of the day we decided to take it fairly easily and have a kip, swim and a bite to eat at a local cafe - it was typical Catalanyan food apparently - all we know is that it was rather yummy! The following morning we headed off to the city rather early - furst stop was to walk down Las Rumblas - there were so many street performers and so many t...

We set off for Lourdes today - it was Mr D who was driving us to the holy city! It looked rather quiet 10km's out from Lourdes, then we got a surprise. It was shop after shop of "Virgin Mary" bottles to fill up with holy water. There were so many people out and about- people in wheelchairs and beds being wheeled to The Sanctuaries. We went to the Grotto to fill up Mum's bottle - as per her request, the Chateau Fort and went to Le Pic du Jer - ho...

Ola! We made it to Spain... It was a rather long drive through the Pyreenes to get here. The landscape was very dry and desert like in appearance. Almost expected there to be cowboys and Indians! Once we had settled into our hotel we went to catch the metro to the city centre - passing groups of old men and women playing cards on the sidewalk. First stop was to have a cold cervesa in the square as the it was rather hot - 36 deg. We then strolled down to the Puert...