Hola!

Greetings all from Barcelona, sagria capital of the world!

Have had a fabulous few days on the continent, running around Paris and the Beaujolais wine region. But first, let me update you on the particulars!

So, I had a fun last day at York, visiting the Jorvik Viking Centre. I thought it would just be a wander through, but no, they have this awesome ride that you sit in and it takes you through the recreated Jorvik village! And I was the only one in my particular ride! Fun times. After that, ran around the place, trying to find things to do. Had a lovely arvo tea, with sandwiches, scones and cake. However, the English put way too much mayo and the like in their sandwiches, so much that the poor item you are eating, eg egg, is swimming in the stuff. Ugh.

Anyhoo, then caught the train to London, which was an hour and a half late. So had a little dummy spit at the hotel, cos I´d missed the Contiki check in thing and they were mean to me (the bastards!). Anyhoo, did get a room to myself so that was awesome as it was supposed to be tripple share!

The next day, it was on to Paris! As I didn´t know what time I was supposed to be down stairs(damn reception meanies), I almost missed the bus! But it was all lgood, got on there and we were off to Paris! It was tres exciting to catch the ferry, which is massively big! You can do duty free shopping and eveything!

We arrived in Paris at about 3pm, and got acquainted with our rooms which had the toilet an shower in the same room with now screen. fun. we then went on a nightime tour of paris, seeing the sights from the bus. Beautiul. The next day it was off to Versailles, which is just way too impressive for me. After a while, I actually got sick of all the oppulance. After that, we had some free time in Paris, so climbed the Arc de Triomphe and walked down Champs Elysees, which is the fancy pants shopping district of Paris. Went into Louis Vitton, where there were €120 key rings! That night, it was back into the city an the Eiffel Tower! It was so pretty at night, and I went up the thing! Hey, I had to, I was in Paris! After that, we got treated to cheese an wine under the Eiffel Tower - sucked in, Jon!

The next day was a free day in Paris, in which I managed to fit the Catacombes (freaky how many bones are down there - there must be at least a hundred thousand people down there), Sacre Coeur (avoiding the gypsies), the Lourve (the Mona Lisa´s eyes do follow you!) and then back to the camp! That night, got all dressed up for dinner and cabaret, which was super fun!

We were then on our way to the Beaujolais wine region and the Contiki Chateau. We arrived around 5pm, after a visit to Fontainbleau Chateau, where Napolean did some historical thing, and went straight to wine tasting. Fun times right there. That night, it was Shock Your Mother! party time! I went as pregnant - see Mum, I did sorta get six months pregnant on my three month trip!

We went on a picnic the next day, which was a bit of a hike. However, it was lovely to sit up the top of a hill and gaze out on the wine region. Very relaxig, esp after the hectic times of paris. then, went to the village as I had to have a pastry and coffee in France. Unfortunately, the shop was closed! We then got a little lost (not too badly tho!) and made it back to the chateau to laze about on the lawn. Fun! That night there was another party, but I couldn´t be arsed. It was massively hot in their bar an my clothes stank the night before, so I sat in my room, drinking someone else´s wine and chatting to people. Classy!

Today, it was a big big big drive to Barcelona! Still, fun times. We are now in Barcelona, have partaken of the free sangria, bought more sagria for €2.75 (!) and are going to have fun drinking it on the beach. Tomorrow, it will be shop shop shop til I drop drop drop! I´m so sick of my clothes :)

Hope everyone is well and I´ll try to post as soon as I can. The internet is fairly scarce on the ground, tho...

Oh, and dad? Let me know if Port win (would you believe we are still getting footy scores over here? don´t know if there is a federal election called, but we know the footy scores!)

xx