Soon it will be time to say adios to Spain & bonjour to France, once again! I have a bone to pick with Spain actually…isn't it SUPPOSED to always be sunny here?? Well I didn't get rained on ONCE in London - not ONCE! But here, it's been rainy & overcast the past few days! What's with that? Well, we did get a little sunshine this afternoon which was lovely…got my fingers crossed for warmer weather in Nice… Because of the rain yesterday, Kelly &a...

Yesterday Kelly & I gave our legs a work out with a whole lot of walking! First we stopped by the Sagrada Familia - Gaudi's famous creation that is still under construction. It's unlike anything else I've seen in Europe. Very unusual architecture & decorative style. We spent about 5 minutes walking around the whole thing to find the end of the line of people queuing up to get inside before deciding we would be satisfied with admiring it from the outside...

Had the most wonderful day today with the lovely Miss Kelly Venables! Kelly & I worked together at the Body Shop for about a year a little while back before she moved over to Ireland to work. She is a truly wonderful, bright, bubbly person & she breathes light & life into every place she goes! :) Ever the scatter-brain, she delivered me the very specific info that she would be arriving on "Wednesday morning" :P So I found myself waiting, j...

Ola damas y caballeros! Greetings from Barcelona! It's been about 36 hours or so but I'm starting to feel somewhat human again…after a big day of traveling on Sunday I got sick again & spent most of yesterday in bed, fortunately I am staying at by far the nicest hostel I've been at yet, so at least it's a nice place to be resting up! :) It's on Carrer de Casanova & the staff are just wonderful & so helpful. It's a really clean, spacious hostel, wi...