07.08.15 Late start again, temperatures are up to a dry 39 degrees. It's breakfast of tuna and potato salad and Croissants and toothpicks filled with olives, anchovies both white and brown. Freshly squeezed orange juice and coffee. Joel's always ready for eclectic meals but since these are available for breakfast maybe it's standard fare here? Today's the day to negotiate the city, find our way around and explore. Joel guides us with a smart phone app and we...

06.08.15 Late this morning we pack up, me carefully folding and packing my bag, Joel chucking a mountain of stuff into his bag in one minute - so many mother and son cameos in this trip. We feasted breakfast at our favourite tapas bar, spoilt for choice, before collecting our hire car. Barcelona, via Valencia to Madrid is pretty much half the country and about 6-7 hours along 120km hour freeways. We slipped into a seaside village for lunch and walked the pave...

05.08.15 The sun is rising at 7am ish (not that I've seen it to prove it) and setting at 9pm. The days are long, warm and delicious stretching out with invitations to enjoy. We are becoming more and more European each day with lazy starts and late late nights. We relaxed this morning, Changing our plans for the future. An airbnb at the next town of Valencia had changed its offering from two beds to one (extra bed at cost) and that triggered us to stay here ...

04.08.15 Today was one of those days that you wish you could gather it up and slip into a bottle and hold it forever. The day that's beyond what you could imagine, that was today. We woke late - becoming a little European now, just saying, and chose breakfast by the simple method of gazing out the balcony window and seeing a place called "non solo creps" and going there. Turns out it served crepes and coffee - perfect start to the day. The menu discussions ...

03.08.2015 It's a late start with the body clock adjustment and extra long day yesterday but a shot of coffee from the provided expresso machine did the deal and with application of SPF it was out into the warm day. Blue skies, cool shady streets, leafy green trees and around 33 degrees. There are several ways to tackle a new place. Sometimes you plan your day with a map ( in this case a colourful tourist map thoughtfully provided by management with their hotel...