We woke up relatively early to make the most of our last full day in Barcelona. After a quick coffee and croissant, we jumped straight on the open-air bus tour. And what a perfect day it was to do it - it was blue skies and sunshine all day (the best weather we've had yet in Barcelona). We hopped off at La Sagrada Familia to check out the church from the inside this time. As I walked around and around the outside of the Basilica trying to find the end of the queu...

We spent another lovely day together just roaming the busy streets of barcelona. We visited La Sagrada Familia - one of Antoni Gaudi's masterpieces that has been under construction since 1882 and is yet to be completed. We walked around looking at all the different facades of the church and admiring it, but decided to come back tomorrow to see it from the inside as they were closing at 2pm (just like everything else in Spain on a Sunday). We then made our way to...

Given the long days Barcelona is enjoying at the moment, we decided to sleep in a little and take our time getting ready. We spoke to our families briefly before setting out for some breakfast. We hadn't had eggs since our ritual breakfasts in London so we stopped in at Bar Lobo next door for a quick bite. Our next stop was more shopping, determined to find even more boutiques than yesterday. We headed up and down the narrow lanes stopping at quite a few to brow...

We started our first full day in Barcelona early as we were on a mission to see all the sights from atop an open-air bus tour. We stopped only for a quick coffee and croissant on the way, however when we got to the bus stop and saw that the queue was the length of the block and curled back around, our plans quickly changed. Finding ourselves standing right outside one of the largest shopping malls 'el corte ingles' (9storeys of retail goodness) - it only made se...

Good people, Today was our last day in the French capital. How time flies when you are having fun. We got up in the morning and started to pack our suitcases with a little bit of sadness. It felt like only yesterday that we were unpacking them. We checked out of our beautiful hotel mindful of the fact that this will probably be the nicest one we will stay in. We decided to catch the aerobus to Charles de Gaulle airport to avoid the crowds and stairs of the Pari...