08.08.15 Wake up with so much excitement - so much to explore in a new city. Breakfast again on the street corner under umbrellas - the typical misting sprinklers providing a lovely coolness in this dry heat. It's Saturday morning and almost every person is walking with their granny trolley (as i would usually be to the kuraby markets) and we follow the locals and explore their food markets. Separate fish, cheese meats olives fruits and vegetable sold by vendor...

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...