We're sitting in the shade on the verandah of a little bistro at the very pleasant port of Pont d'Ouche about 70 kms from where we started. I'm sipping a cold glass of Bourgogne Aligote and Wynn has a Stella Artois - most welcome in this 35+ degree heat. So far on our journey we've encountered great weather, just one thunderstorm with high winds. Coming into port at Dijon found ourselves in the midst of a traditional town fete in Dijon, except it wasn't that...

Hello from Barcelona. Loving this colorful city with its mix of grand old buildings and modernistic architecture. Yesterday visited the Joan Miro Fundacio which houses a huge collection of his work. Then after a tapas lunch in Barric Gotic we stood for hours in a queue to go into Sagrada Familia, Gaudi's cathedral which was started in the 1880's and is hoped will be completed by 2030. It was well worth the wait - the interior is inspirational, a wonder of bea...