Part 1: Gemma, Gareth, Mum and Dad Night Location: Gibraltar, UK Mumisode of the Day: Mum was preparing for a traditional greeting while sitting out on her terrace this evening. She thought Gemma was coming out on the terrace above. Turns out a man emerged instead and Mum had to pause, arm raised and smile graciously. Another country this evening, and yes while it does come under the banner of the UK, it has its own government and you drive on the right, there...

Part 1: Gemma, Gareth, Mum and Dad Night Location: Seville, Spain Mumisode of the Day: Mum scared the life out of herself today by pushing the doorbell to our apartment instead of the light in the hallway. She has been known to do this before, but it just keeps getting funnier. No alarms were set this morning, and although the odd carriage and 20 minutes of tolling wake up bells may have disturbed the sleep, Gemma and Gareth did not emerge until after 11 am. I...

Part 1: Gemma, Gareth, Mum and Dad Night Location: Seville, Spain Mumisode of the Day: During the last few days Mum has been writing the annual Halliday Christmas letter. She always takes great care in the composition and editing of this letter, and had it printed this morning as we were leaving Albufeira. This evening, as Gemma was having a look, she noticed a spelling error on the first line. Mum could hardly believe it, but there it was: The Hallidays on Hoi...

Part 1: Gemma, Gareth, Mum and Dad Night Location: Albufeira, Portugal Mumisode of the Day: "Yes it was lovely, thank you. Yes, thank you." Mum was doing her best to find an excuse as to why she hadn't finished her less than appetising dinner. Today we have travelled from Lisbon, down to the end of the world and then along the coast to Albufeira. We still had a little more to see in Lisbon this morning and so after an early breakfast, we made our way over to t...

Part 1 - Gemma, Gareth, Mum and Dad Night Location: Lisbon, Portugal Mumisode of the Day: Unfortunately today's Mumisode is so funny that it has had to be censored, but it did involve an "Oh, mercy," from Mum and a "You don't get an offer like that every day," from Gareth. Today has been a fabulous day. As luck would have it, Gareth who has recently been to Africa, met a girl while he was there from Lisbon who had a friend who offered to be our private guide f...