This is a very quick update. We are in Marrakesh and have been to Fez. Some pics of the medina in Fez have been uploaded. Everything not necessarily nice but mind boggling. Proper update soon. A further update of this has taken longer than thought. Fez was scary, dirty and exciting. The medina (market) was a crowded smelly entangled mesh of crisscrossing alleyways inside stone walls. Donkeys compete with humans. The call is Barak (Get out of the way) and Att...

We have seen the Flamenco the real thing and thought it was electrifying. See hot off the press photos. It is very hot here in Seville 34 degrees. The days are long sunrise at 6am and still 34 degrees at 10pm last night with the sun still shining brightly in the sky! Siesta is not a luxury its an absolute necessity. The Americas Cup is showing on Spanish tv we cant understand any of it of course but you only needed to speak the lanuage of horror and gasping whe...