Left Zaragoza on the 28th and headed to Barcelona, where we spent the last couple of days before we head back into France. So far Spain has not disappointed us. It has exceeded our expectations and blown our preconceived ideas away. And Barcelona has been the same. For a city of 1.6 million people, its doesn't appear over crowded, the traffic is not as chaotic as you would expect, and there is a sense of space not evident in other large European cities. We know ...

Spent our last day in Zaragoza exploring more of the back streets of the city before visiting the Goya museum. The museum was a bit different to what we expected. Only a small part of it was dedicated to Goya himself. The rest of the space was allocated to artists who were "influenced" by Goya. Still fairly interesting but not what we expected. The exhibits of Goyas works highlighted a few things about Goya as a person:Goya was a political satiristGoya was a soc...

Left Bilbao this morning and headed off to Zaragoza, Spain's 5th largest city. Wet and windy as we left, but as we came down thru the Pyrenees foothills, the weather cleared to bright and sunny. Marked change to the landscape as we headed east. We travel led along a broad flat valley, hemmed in be rugged escarpments, and low hills covered in vineyards. Snow capped peaks of the Pyrenees could be seen to our left -we'll have to cross those when we head back up into...

A day at the museum. The main reason we came to Bilbao - to visit the Guggenheim. The museum is a magnificent piece of architecture. Its a piece of art in itself. Enough said. Spent about 3 hours looking through it. Just as amazing inside as it is outside. Worth coming to Bilbao just for that. Unfortunately, no photos of the inside - cameras aren't allowed past the entrance. But if you Google it, there will be a multitude of images of it. Bilbao is an amazing ci...

Made our way down to Bilbao, Spain this morning (about a 4hour drive). Terrible weather for driving - rain storms all the way down. Every time we passed a truck the road in front of us would disappear under a wash of water. As we got closer to the border the terrain changed as we entered the foothills of the Pyrenees - deep valleys in between towering hills (we would call them mountains in Australia). Still raining cats and dogs - looks like being a quie...