Friday 1 April Sunny 32C Ooolah! After a big night last night we were woken around 7am. After breaky we drove further into the Basque country to a seaside resort called San Sebastion (Donostia in Basque) which is on the southern coast of the Bay of Biscay. It has a french influence as it's so close to the french border. We had a 90 minute stop here where mum and l walked to the beach area then we went into the square and bought some pastries, a fresh brea...

Thursday 31 Marzio 20C Sunny Oolah! Up at 6 for an 8am start. Last nights dinner was really nice. To start with we had vischyssoise (not sure of the spelling), then while most of the others had cod, l had chicken and to finish there was a chocolate cake. I was quite full afterwards. Today is supposed to be 20 and sunny....perfect. We are driving northwest to Saragossa this morning. I didn't see much of the scenery on the way to Saragossa as l was slee...

Wednesday 30th March 17C sunny, cloudy and some showers Oolah!! (thats Spanish for "hello") The alarm went off at 7 this morning.....it's still quite dark and we wondered if we'd set the clock wrong but unfortunately it was the right time. After breaky we headed off on a sightseeing trip to Montjuic see the Olympic Stadium (just a stadium) and also some great panoramic views of the port and city. The port is the 5th busiest port in the world for ...

Tuesday 29th March 22C Stumbled out of bed at 6.30 this morning for an 8.30 departure. We're heading north to Castellon to visit the Peniscola Castle. There's mile after mile of orange groves lining the sides of the road, like green carpet dotted with orange. The Valencian oranges are exported thorought the world. Peniscola Castle was built by the knights templar in the 14th century and it was really fantastic with some great viewing points. We had to wa...

Monday 28 March Valencia 24C Sunny Woke this morning at 9am and got to the restaurant just in time for breaky. After breaky we had time for personal sightseeing before our Blue Lagoon and dinner excursion at 3pm. We set off to try to find the silk markets but got sidetracked with a street market which was really good. We saw some humungous paella pans for sale. We saw the Mercado Central which is a building holding the central market and constructed bet...