"Last day Vienna": Actually location is between Vienna and Venice on the overnight train through the mountains. Had a great day in Vienna apart from the freaking Cold! OMG!! And rain. Went through the Naschmarkt (flea markets and food markets). About 1.5 km of food and flea stalls. Some (many) of the stalls looked like they'd gone down to the dump, filled up a truck and tipped it out on the sidewalk. Voila! (or the German version of voila). Still very interestin...

Here we are in Vienna Austria. Today is our weekend after the last two very hectic and action packed weeks we slept in until very late in an absolutely fantastic hotel we found for 99 euros including huge breakfast right in the shopping precinct. Our hotel is old and grand and our room is like an apartment looking down on the street activity. My princess very much enjoyed our luxurious surroundings. When we got in yesterday we went up and down the shops browsing ...

Overnighted at barcelona en route to Vienna. In hindsight we should have spent more time here - a great vibe in this city especially at night. Got in after 8 pm on the bus and with my unerring sense of direction I immediate got us lost by heading in the wrong direction. To my shame I resorted to the navigator (actually I was ordered to by a very tired Jeannie). Found the hotel in the other direction checked in and hit Las Ramblas the promenade area. Even though i...

And so our Spain leg ends. In one short week we have only skimmed the surface of only one province of a very large country, but we gave it a good try. Drove to Granada from casares to visit the Alhambra. Long drive. The Alhambra was a magnificent complex especially the old fortress and the gardens with fountains and water works everywhere. The Arabs built wonderfully all over Spain during their 800 years here. Stayed the night at granada as we didn't leave alha...

...and we're back on air. We are in casares in the hills up from estepona near Malaga in Spain. Staying with a really nice retired Brit couple John and Penny at their place on 6.5 hilly acres near casares. Casares dates back to the Phoenicians then the Romans, the Germanic Visigoths, then Arabs and the berbers sweeping through. An old old town built into the cliffs. Day before yesterday left morocco after a long overnight train from marakech to tangier arriving t...