It´s been over a year and a half since my last blog, when I returned from South America and spent a few days in Madrid. With my up and coming trip to India just round the corner, I should probably try to get back into the swing of things. So here´s hoping that it is as easy as I remember it to be. After leaving work early on the Thursday, Javi and I headed south to a city called Lorca. You´ll be lucky to find it in any lonely planet book, as its recent fame i...

So I left South America without any difficulties, unlike some people. We had all booked flights for the 15th, however Emma´s flight was changed and in the end she left on the night of the 14th, luckily for her she had gone to an internet café to reconfirm her flight. If she had not, she would have missed it for sure. Note to all, reconfirm flights, preferably not the night before. Arrived at Madrid airport on time, however it took nearly an hour to get thro...

A trip to Almeria with my folks. So picking them up from Alicante airport, with the thanks of Javi and his car we hit the road, heading south to a little place called Vera. It´s a golfing town with nothing much there apart from the course and the nudist beach. But off we went because my dad had work there for a couple of days. Stopping at a service station along the way and guess what, much to my mum´s surprise, they spoke Spanish. Now would you believe it, a ...

Sun, sea, beach, monuments, history and fun - Barcelona has it all!!! Friday afternoon we hit the road for the long journey north curtesy of Tono and his company car. There was a small glitch after 30 mins when Javi realised he didn´t have the keys to the free flat that we were staying in. With a slight detour back to Valencia we finally reached Barcelona, only a mere 2 hours after leaving Valencia for the second time. For the first night, dinner in a dark bac...

My liver is slowly recovering, my head has stopped spinning and I am beginning to beable to hear things again in both ears . . . means the festivities must be over. 4 days of none stop partying, something you want to stop but somehow your drawn into more, you want to see the new and exciting thing, as everyday is different. On the Friday - the hymn - which I was lucky enough to be invited onto a balcony that overlooked the masses of people coming to sing, unluck...