This morning we started our trek from the truck stop to the city of Barcelona. A 25minute walk along a dusty old track followed by a 35minute train ride and we'd reached our destination! We've found one of the best ways to orientate yourself quickly in a new city is to make use of the "hop on, hop off" tourist buses so off we went (or should I say on). We hopped off first at a great park area and walked ourselves through it in search of the cable car t...

Today we had one goal, to lie in the sun and do something about our pasty Melbourne winter skin. The shuttle to the airport was picking us up at 3:50pm so we had most of the day to relax by the pool before our flight to Barcelona that evening. The flight from Palma to Barcelona is quick, as soon as you reach altitude you start to descend again. I barely had time to work on my crosswords and Sarah was frustrated because she just wanted to keep reading her book, t...