July 13 - July 27 Over the last couple of weeks we have just been taking it easy...well as much as you can with 4 little kids. We have been to the beach a few times, swimming pool marathons, and to many many tennis matches. Alex actually won one yesterday, he`s only 10 but plays abainst the 12 year olds. Not much else to comment on that i can think of right now. Off to Munich tomorrow and basically the start of the second half of our trip (sigh). Tomorrow we...

Thursday July 9 Today we got up and it felt a little strange that we didnt have to walk anywhere. We took a cab to the airport to pick up our rental car to drive to Sevilla. it is about 10 hours to make the trip, but after all the walking we were happy to just be able to sit. We drove through Portugal (from the top to the bottom) and it was probably the fastest drivers i have ever seen. I was getting passed when i was driving 160km/h, bloody crazy. We final...

Friday July 3 Today we arrived in Sarria to start the last 111km of the Camino de Santiago. After making our by bus from Lugo to Sarria we checked in to our hotel and then went out to grab a coffee and read over the notes about our hike for the next 5 days that were provided to us. After that we went and had a bite to eat. Half way through dinner this group of older men sitting behind us got up and then came back with some instruments and then played and sang...

Tuesday July 1 We changed trains in Irun with little problems as Nat was able to find our way in Spanish to San Sebastian. After arriving we only had a couple of blocks to walk to our accommodation. Well after 20 minutes and still not finding it we realised we probably passed it. Eventually we found it and I got the privilege to carry all four bags up to the second storey. After checking in and changing my shirt, we went and grabbed a bite to eat close by. I...