I can't keep upSo will try it this way.And expand on it later.500€ note ...they called it Bin Laden ...really hard to find, very few people have ever seen one!Tiago refers to himself as 'Concentrated.'He's not short.Just 'concentrated'( I'm stealing that one.)Population...11 millionPlenty of waterEuropean Union great for PortugalAfter dictatorship, money for infrastructure, back to farmingFree health careBut have private insuranc...

Up at 6am...great breakfast again. Hot and buffet.But those chocolate coated donuts..I eyed those off yesterday .Took a photo today...And, yep...ate one.Well, I mean, they were just SITTING there.Was very nice.On the bus now to Nice. The last day of our all day driving I think.Should be in Nice about 6pm.Another absolutely stunning sunny day.Temp outside about 24 degrees.Ok...last night out to see the Flamingo Dancers.See some of you thought I was actually going ...

Up at 6.30am.Great breakfast again.On the bus to Montserrat at 8.30am.Great idea doing these early starts. If you arrive just one hour later, the crowds are everywhere.As we are early we get the chance to see things crowd free to start with. Montserrat ..... WOW!And that doesn't really cover it. This is one of the main things I have been looking forward to. (Forget those 2 things in London that I said were the main things... Short term memory loss... I can se...

Great night sleep in room 101!Ha! I survived my own Room 101...Ha! So there!I will quietly admit that I searched the room for spiders ... Even the bed... Cannot be too careful ... But then wonderful nights sleep ... Without so much as a dream.Lovely breakfast... Cooked and buffet ... Had lots!On the bus at 8am and this whole day is taken up with the bus tour to Barcelona. Will have lots of breaks though and it's a magnificent sunny day.Brooke... Drank the sa...

Up at 7am. Great sleep.Off to Toledo at 8.30am.Toledo was the ancient capital of Spain, until the King of the time, Phillip 11 in 1561, decided that he liked his holiday Palace in Madrid better. Apparently, he liked the hunting in the forests that surrounded Madrid. He hunted bears.Toledo is situated high above the river Tagus which provided a natural moat for protection in the very early days.It has been populated since the Bronze Age!!!!!!!!!It is so ancient!An...