Marvellous Majorca I've just got back from a fantastic weekend in Palma de Majorca, Spain. Palma is the main town on Majorca (or Mallorca as the Spanish call it). Flew out at 5pm on Friday afternoon with Matt and Kel and we arrived there and were at our hotel by about 9pm. The first thing we noticed was that it was a gorgeous hotel - and it only cost us £25 each per night. We were right on the water and straight out in front of us were thousands of yach...

Well, I've just had a marvellously relaxing weekend, lying on the beach in Alicante. Tracey and I ate great food and thoroughly enjoyed the warmer weather and getting sand in between our toes again! Our easyjet flight was departing at 6am on Saturday morning so due to lack of public transport at that time of morning, we headed out to Luton airport the night before, determined to get a few hours sleep at the airport. To our dismay, we found that the seats w...

Welcome to Barcelona: flamenco, paella, sangria After a very long day's drive from the Beaujolis wine region with the stop off at the Pont Du Gard, we arrived in Barcelona around 6pm, utterly exhausted from the day on the bus. Dinner was true Spanish style with nachos for an entrée and my first introduction with sangria, that wonderful Spanish drink make of red wine, fruit and I'm not sure what else! After dinner, took a walk around our campsite and end...