After a day of siesta-ing yesterday after returning from the Pamplona festivities, Bexie left early this morning to head to Avignon. We spent last night indulging in pinxtos again and walking along the corso. The San Sebastian coastline was magnificent, with some islands facing the mainland that was all floodlit, with a lighthouse and a large statue of the Virgin Mary on a hill. We spent the day chillaxing and eating alot of pinxtos. There was a minor drama with...

We are in Spain again! having flown into Bilbao airport yesterday night and checked into our lovely pension house "Loinaz", we met up with Eileen & Belen ('Bexie') for lunch at 12 at "La Fuego Nero" for pinxtos (the Basque region version of tapas). The pinxtos is simply mind-blowing!! Delicate parcels of finely prepared food using the local fresh produce. Loved it more than the tapas we had in Barcelona and even better than Bodega! The great thing about it wa...

Ola Barcelona!! A free day to explore the city and... It's a frikin public holiday where all shops (except souvenir ones) are closed!! So disappointed! But Andie and I made do with eating delicious tapas all day! It was so much better than the one we had last night after the flamenco show. Absolutely amazing! Then a visit to Park Guell, with the longest bench in the world! It was pretty cool, with street performers playing lovely classical music and great views ...

8am departure. First stop Pont du Gard, an aqueduct built in 1 A.D. It was a big bridge-like structure with archways built without any mortar keeping the stone blocks together. Low and behold. Our first WTF moment of the day came right after leaving Pont du Gard. As we we getting onto the highway, there were 2 signs to the A9 highway, going in opposite directions of course. Dave took the turn pointing towards Lyon (ie northbound). We are meant to be heading sou...