San SebastianThe third and final city in our whirlwind tour of Spain was the quaint beach town of San Sebastian. Our stay in San Sebastian was, by a long stretch, the highlight of our journey thus far. Starting from our train ride from Madrid where we befriended our first Aussie on the trip - a Melbourne lad named Aaron who, it turns out, shares some mutual friends with me and has a Maltese Irish dancing link in his family too. To cut a long story short: my mum, ...

Our second stop saw us bunkering down in the hustle and bustle of Madrid. Our first impressions of Madrid? Busy. But cool. It's very much a cosmopolitan concrete jungle like NY and London but it still has its ancient buildings and cute little enclaves.I kicked off my second day in Madrid with a visit to the Vicente Calderon Stadium, the home of Atletico de Madrid - one of the biggest football clubs in Spain (along with Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, of course). An...

7-10 May BarcelonaWell the trip had to start somewhere! So why not sunny Barcelona? After 30 hours of flying - with stops in Singapore and Dubai - we finally arrived in Barcelona on Tuesday afternoon. Needless to say, the flights were rather gruelling. The only perks being duty free cigars in Dubai (GARY RANT ALERT: free of Australia's nanny state taxes and plain packaging) and unique flavoured Twisties such as "Curry Dude" (yes, that's what the packet said) and ...

Ok so here's how the blog is going to work. We'll take turns to write entries. So when you're reading a blog entry that focuses on food, hot European men and the beautiful sites and scenes, you can safely guess it was written by Jess. And when you come across an entry that is full of complaints about overpriced souvenirs, sports results and comparisons of political systems, you'll know it was written by Gaz. And just to help you avoid the black hole that is a Gar...