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: Salamanca, Spain Mumisode of the Day: Mum was knocked over by the closing lift doors on our way to breakfast. She fell into the lift and then had to lean against Dad to get over the shock. This morning, we awoke in our luxurious hotel, only to look out the window and see the mist again. After a leisured breakfast we began our exploration of the town. Our hotel is a converted convent and as such stands next to...

Part 1 - Gemma, Gareth, Mum and Dad Night Location: Salamanca, Spain Mumisode of the Day: "Oh, sorry. No breakfast today. You had breakfast yesterday." Mum believed this and turned around embarrassed almost colliding with the rest of us who were continuing up the stairs while laughing at the joke our hotel manager had made. Well, we have all had our last night in France for a while. Amber and David are still going strong in Paris, but our little group is now h...

Night Location: Barcelona, Spain Song of the Day: I've got a feeling - Black Eyed Peas Mumisode of the Day: "We are going to be with other people so you can't be silly." Mum was giving Dad instructions before boarding the cable car as according to Mum he had his bright eyed squirrel look on and was going to scare us to death. Another fabulous day in a fabulous city. The group had decided to splurge on the buffet breakfast at the hotel so we spent a great deal ...