I would have to say this was my favourite stop in Spain. We were lucky enough to arrive here on 31st August and have our Hostel actually on 31st August Street which has great significance to everyone living in San Sebastian. It was the only surviving street from the fire that wrecked through the city on yep you guessed it, the 31st August! Everyone on the street had candles lit on their balconies and pretty much the whole town congregated in the street for a...

The first few hours in Madrid were probably the randomist. When we were using the laundry room in the hostel these 2 guys came in and asked if they could film us doing the washing for this promotional video, no kidding and they wanted us to say something in Spanish!!! I couldn't pronounce what they wanted me to say (and personally couldn't stop laughing long enough to have done it anyways) so they just filmed Jamie - hes now on some Hostel advertisement hehe. ...

Valencia was the city I spent the most time in, solely to have a relaxing time in the middle of the trip - needed to refuel after all that walking. Splurged out on a nice hotel with a pool on the roof and spent most of our time there as the temperatures hit 42 degrees. I got a little sunburnt - wasn't red the next day though like back in NZ so that was lucky. Got a little frustrated trying to navigate in this city and spent a whole afternoon looking for a lau...

Barcelona was the first Spanish city we visited and provided the most tourist sights and sounds so it was non stop trying to fit everything into the 3 days. The famous artist in Spain was Gaudi who made some amazing contributions to the city in terms of architecture due to his crazy ideas and designs. His legendary work is in Parc Guell and the Sagrada Familia cathedral which is a must see! Gaudi began designing the cathedral in 1882 and after his death the bu...