Sunny Barca

A slightly less fancy train took us from Zaragoza to Barcelona on Tuesday. Barca has a lot going for it - a much friendlier and livlier place all round than Madrid. It was also several degrees warmer, so we took the opportunity to sit back and relax in the sun in the pavement cafes of La Ramblas and the Barri Gotica.

It was good to catch Robert and Will and their pals Hughie and Austin for lunch in Barca as they travelled on route from the Rangers game in Villareal - they didn't seem too down about the result, but I suppose they've got used to losing this season! After that it was a quick tour of the amazing Gaudi architecture and some more lounging in the sun, then a swordfish dinner followed by me having the world's best chocolate cake, whilst Laura inexplicably went for a Pineapple!

This morning we left Spain and are now in Carcassone in Southern France. Now we're off to see if we can find a computer peripherals shop to buy a usb card reader that will work with an xd picture card, so that we can finally liven this site up with some of our photos!

The rooftop of Gaudi's Casa Batllo: