We had been invited to spend time with our friends, Gavin and Wendy, at a house on a 'urbanisation' close to Torrevieja between Murcia and Alicante for some time and this was an opportunity that now just worked out. But what does living on a British enclave in Spain really mean - well we were about to find out! Eagles Nest is the area where the house is located, mainly an area of ex-pats and holiday homes owned by the British although given the ever changing o...

We came back down to earth with a bump after our time on the Orient Express! First off, as we arrived at Venice Santa Lucia station the heavens above us were black and storm laden, so much so that the storm managed to disrupt the Italian Railways. We lugged our bags back and forward from train to train in order to get across to the mainland from Santa Lucia station to Mestre for around an hour before we finally set off. Even the Italians looked exasperated at the...