Spain

Well, we´re back online after a bit of a break and feeling recharged by being in a new country again. We´re certainly aware of the nine weeks we´ve now been away from home but also a little sad to be getting nearer the end of our trip.

We made it into Barcelona last night after a very long bus trip from Nice (French Riviera). We´re here for 5 nights as we were unable to get any accommodation in Avignon due to a large arts festival. We love the city already - it´s clean, lively and full of amazing architecture, bars and rstaurants. We´re staying in a dorm for the first time in a while but the hostel is great. We enjoyed some Sangria last night while listing to a great local band at the hostel and then ate like the locals - at 10pm!! Had a good sleep despite the drunken Australian super-snorer (seriously, this guy sounds like he´s about to die with every gasping breath!).

Today, we´re started on our way to the waterfront along the main drag, which is packed with interesting buskers, pet shops and an amazing food market - where you can get everything from whole piglets to live crabs.

What else have we been up to?
After our great time in Siena we spent a few days in a very hot Florence. Had a good time here but had to take it easy due to the heat and our campsite was located quite a distance from the central city (we also waited in our longest line yet - over 2 hours to get into the Uffizi gallery). Next it was onto La Spezia which is the gateway to the amazing Cinque Terre national park. This is a series of five small villages perched in cliffs above the sea. We had an amazing time here - google it if you want to check this place out and we´ll try and post some photos soon. Then it was onto Nice which wasn´t that nice. The main street was all dug up and we couldn´t find a decent meal (which turned Christian into a hungry zombie monster) - luckily it was only an overnight stop before Spain.