Marseilles
5 Oktober 2019, Perancis ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
Arrived in Marseilles and found our apartment on the Rue Paradis. It was booked through booking.com, but it is more like an airbnb. It's very spacious and well appointed, with an enormous Samsung TVBaca selengkapnya
Fort Saint-Jean plus
6 Oktober 2019, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
With our limited time in Marseille we nevera ventured very far from the old port. On both Saturday and Sunday the areas to the north and east of the port were alive with people, buskers, market stallsBaca selengkapnya
Cite de Carcassonne
7 Oktober 2019, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
We are bidding France farewell and heading for Spain. To break the journey we decided to stop off at Carcassonne a medieval, walled city not to far above the border. The medieval cite is only part ofBaca selengkapnya
Chateau Comtal
8 Oktober 2019, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Back to the Cite de Carcassonne today to investigate the Chateau Comtal. This chateau wasn't part of the original cite, but as times became more fraught, the chateau became more heavily fortified. InBaca selengkapnya
Girona apartment
9 Oktober 2019, Spanyol ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Avoir France, hola Espana.
Els Banys Arabs
10 Oktober 2019, Spanyol ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Medieval Girona
10 Oktober 2019, Spanyol ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We had a great day poking around this old section of Girona today. Except for all those steps. But what can you do? Girona is here because it's on a hill and could be defended. Such an interestingBaca selengkapnya
Muralles de Girona
11 Oktober 2019, Spanyol ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Today we made a full frontal assault on the walls of Girona. There are a couple of different sections of wall you can walk along. There are remnants of the Roman walls, but you can climb up and walkBaca selengkapnya
Girona lite
11 Oktober 2019, Spanyol ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
The rest of our day was pretty low key. Two things you can need a break from on a long trip are restaurant meals and spectacular things. Our lovely little Girona apartment with its little kitchen andBaca selengkapnya
Sagrada Familia
12 Oktober 2019, Spanyol ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We left Girona and our lovely, modern apartment today and we are back in a hotel room for three nights. Our only consolation lies in the fact that it is Barcelona outside our hotel door. We pickedBaca selengkapnya
Parc Guell
13 Oktober 2019, Spanyol ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Parc de la Ciutadella
13 Oktober 2019, Spanyol ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Barcelona
14 Oktober 2019, Spanyol ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We had an interesting day in Barcelona. The plan was simple - we would hop on the bus outside the hotel door, ride as far as we could towards the port cable car ride the cable car up on to MontjuicBaca selengkapnya
Estatione nord
15 Oktober 2019, Spanyol ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Bye, bye Barcelona - we love you still. A bus ride to Valencia for a change. 4 hour trip was just 10 euro each - hard to beat.
Valencia
15 Oktober 2019, Spanyol ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Valencia looks pretty good so far! We have only had a quick look around, settled into our Airbnb and done a bit of grocery shopping, but the city looks very promising indeed. Girona was quiteBaca selengkapnya
Merkat Central
16 Oktober 2019, Spanyol ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
First up today is the central market. We are practically living next door, but we got here too late yesterday as it closes at 3 pm each day. The market itself was very similar to the Lyon market ssBaca selengkapnya
Museu Nacional de Ceràmica i Arts Suntuà
16 Oktober 2019, Spanyol ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
You can tell I'm having fun with these names. The second part of our plan for our first full day in Valencia involved a walking tour sketched our for us at the tourism office which got us around toBaca selengkapnya
City Hall
16 Oktober 2019, Spanyol ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
All city halls should look so good - we even went inside. The view from the balcony was very nice.
Parroquia de San Nicolás de Bari y San P
16 Oktober 2019, Spanyol ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
That's quite a name, but the Church of St Nicholas was quite a place. We generally give the interior of churches and associated structures unless they offer something different (or they are free andBaca selengkapnya
City of Arts and Sciences
17 Oktober 2019, Spanyol ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Cafe del Duende
17 Oktober 2019, Spanyol ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
We had been looking around for a show of some sort and noticed that there was a cafe not too far away that had a flamenco show nearly every night. After our home cooked meal t tonight we decided toBaca selengkapnya
Sagunto
18 Oktober 2019, Spanyol ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Playa de la Malvarrosa
19 Oktober 2019, Spanyol ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
It's hard not to be a bit of a beach snob when you live in Australia. So we set off this morning for the beach with fairly low expectations, but it's such a big part of Valencia we had to go have aBaca selengkapnya
La Lonja de la Seda
19 Oktober 2019, Spanyol ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
La Lonja de la Seda is so much nicer a name (especially if you can pronounce it properly) than The Silk Exchange, but either way it was a pretty impressive building. We seem to be following our ownBaca selengkapnya
Museu de Ceramica
19 Oktober 2019, Spanyol ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
After the silk exchange visit it was time for a little grocery shopping (home cooked meal tonight) and then home for a coffee and a biscuit and get up for a bit.
Then we kept the museum theme goingBaca selengkapnya


























































































































