We woke up to a wet day, but still warm and our last day in Barcelona before the long flights home. Found a local laundromat and started the process of working the machines. Washing started we walked to get some breakfast and sat back while the washing finished. It was really funny to watch people try to work the machines and Steve quickly became the expert helping everyone. We met some great guys from the West Indies and had heaps of laughs trying to help th...

Day Twenty One. Barcelona, Spain. We got up bright and early at 6am to head to the country to go hot air ballooning. We got picked up at Hard Rock Cafe which was a five minute walk from the hotel. After a 40 min car ride we stopped for a coffee and to have time to meet the other people going up with us. Then a quick 10 minute drive to the departure spot. It was very picturesque, beautiful countryside, with old farm houses around. It was then time to help infl...

Day Twenty. Barcelona, Spain. There is something wrong when you have to get up at 6am to be ready to leave the ship at 7.30am, especially when it also means the cruise part of our holiday is over. We have had a great time and were sad to leave the ship when we docked in Barcelona. However, we do have three full days to explore Barcelona. After catching a taxi from the ship to the hotel Monte Carlo on La Rambla in Barcelona, it was 8:30am, and we were ready for...

Day Nineteen. Toulon, France We woke up to our second last morning on the ship, opened the curtains and we were docking in Toulon. This is a French port town and has a naval base. The weather was overcast but reasonably warm and humid. We had a couple of options to get to the town centre being a water taxi or regular cab. We decided to grab a cab and were in the town centre 20 minutes later. We had nothing planned for the day except to have a bit of a look aro...

Day Eighteen. Liverno Italy. After the rat race and hustle and bustle of Rome, we were looking forward to exploring the Tuscan region of Italy on a private tour. This meant the itinerary was flexible and we could make changes to the day as we saw fit. We met our guide, left the port at 8am sharp and headed to neighbouring Pisa. After about 30 mins we arrived at the famous landmark. I've got to say it leans further than we had imagined and it is a great looking ...