So an update! European Russia SUCKS. Apart from Red Square, Kremlin and the rest of the famous sites in the square, which are fantastic, forget visiting. It stinks, the food is the worst I have seen, tasted for a long time and the people are the rudest I have ever come across since I left Wales in 1978!!! On our second day in Moscow (Thu last week) I had some stomach cramps and they escalated and escalted. I am now well over a stone lighter than I wa...

24th July PMWell we decided to walk up the hill to the La Hambra Palace this afternoon and boy what a mistake.  It didn´t seem that far and it wasn´t but it was soooooooo hot!   The palace was fantastic and we had a great time.   We didn´t leave until just before 7pm and when walking down the hill we noticed that a digital sign was showing 39C!  We just went back to the hotel, a quick shower and out for supper....

Well we had another great train journey. This time from Madrid to Sevilla, which is a beautiful city, full of lovely buildings and great places to eat, drink and walk. Our hotel is OK, not that we are intending to spend much time there.I think I´ve cracked the Spanish version of windows and can now start adding photos to this site. We are intending to walk all around the historic areas of the city today and spend some time at the 12th Century Alcazar Palace...

Well we arrived safely in Madrid this morning after a really enjoyable journey on the "Fransico De Goya" sleepertrain that departed Paris on the minute it was supposed to and arrived into Madrid on the minute.We had a four berth room and it was such fun, especially after we had all washed our feet. We decided to try a hostal that was recommended here in Madrid and we can now see why it was recommended.Madrid has been really enjoyable and the people we h...

We arrived in Paris late afternoon on 16th July after a great weekend in London and an even better journey to France on the Eurostar.We quickly checked into our hotel, which was OK, and then we hit the sights. We had a great first evening in Paris and when we finally arrived back at the hotel we instantly crashed. On our second day in the city we once again hit the streets at about 9:30 and during the day managed to cover the majority of the sights, covering most...