Aussie in Sweden (and other places)

Hello again,

Fortunately the drive from Nice to Barcelona went to plan! We arrived at our accommodation about 4pm which gave Sam and Lachlan plenty of time to get to the 8pm game.

We caught the train to the city then out to the stadium where we did not think it was possible to get lost but it turns out thousands of people shop just down the road from the stadium and we followed the wrong crowd. Once we got to the stadium we had no trouble getting the tickets that we had ordered from an internet site written in Spanish. We were apparantly quite early to the game as everyone arrives within 10 minutes of kick-off. This is our view before the game started.

The game was awesome, Ronaldinho didn’t disappoint. Some of the stuff he can do is amazing, makes everyone on the field look like schoolboys. Here is a pretty cool photo of him taking a free kick, which only just missed.

Not long after, I decided to take a video for our reliable blog readers and it just so happens that 30 seconds later Ronny scored the one and only goal of the match. I couldn’t believe that I got it on video.

Whilst the boys were at the game Mel and I had a nice dinner in the Restaurant of our hostel and I did our washing! - Soph

The following morning we caught the train into the centre of Barcelona. Sam and I purchased a bus ticket which allowed us unlimited travel on the tourist buses which did a circuit of the main attractions which took 2 and half hours if you didn’t get off, but we got off at many of the stops which meant it filled our day. This is an amazing view of Barcelona city from Park Guell.

We really enjoyed Barcelona there were so many people on the streets and we were pleased to have our first Churros. The next day we headed down the coastline to Valencia and that afternoon we caught the train out to the beach in an attempt to find food. Unfortunately everything was shut, but the walk along the esplanade was nice.

We had a nice dinner in the centre of the city which was alot more lively than the foreshore. Sophie thinks she may come home as fat as a house because she has fallen in love with the wealth of sweets.

The next morning we drove to Cuenca and looked around for a place to stay in the old town. Here is the view from where we parked the car.

This was quite an incredible place. The hotel we stayed in was really lovely, even though Sam, couldnt walk under the doorways without breaking his nose. That night we had tapas for dinner at a restuarant on the side of the cliff. This photo is from across the gorge looking back at the hanging houses (just down from our hotel).

Today we drove to Toledo (just south of Madrid) where we are staying in a nice hotel in the old part of town.

Still having a good time, glad we have bags with wheels and it is definitely getting colder so beanies and gloves are in constant use.

Talk to you soon
Sam and Soph

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