Barcellona, France and Verona
We left Valencia and arrived in the afternoon to a hot and sunny Barcellona. Once we had found and checked in to our hostel we went for a wander around the old gothic part of the city, it was a very nice walk. The following day we were up early to look at some of the … Read more
Valencia is shocking
I believe the last time I left you matt and I were about to go to the palace in Madrid and then leave for Valencia. The palace was a big building but there wasn’t much to see, but as it was free it wasn’t too bad. We then went for a fantastic tapas meal; I … Read more
Europe, it is a small place
We departed from Lisbon on Sunday night aboard a rather bumpy night train and arrived in Madrid on the Monday. Upon getting our tickets for the metro to go to out hostel we were offered advice from someone we had been speaking to in one of the many squares in Lisbon when having lunch one … Read more
2 Lemonades por favor?
On Friday we visited the Castelo di Soa Jorge (the Castle of Saint George) and were presented with some stunning views over much of Lisbon. We grabbed some lunch and then descended the Castle Hill and trapsed up a Hill on the other side of the City. After trapesing up and down many of the … Read more
Hello from sunny Portugal
We arrived safely in Lisbon yesterday and wondered round the City sheltering in the shade as much as possible. We booked our night train to Madrid on Sunday and had a very nice meal; I enjoyed the delicious local grilled sardines. What made the meal even better was the free glass of port at the … Read more
Ideas for what to do
In a week’s time my brother and I will be heading off to Europe for a three week trip from Lisbon to Rome. Our route shall be: Lisbon -> Madrid -> Valencia -> Barcelona -> Nice -> Verona -> Venice -> Florence -> Pisa -> Somewhere on the coast -> Rome We have bought InterRail … Read more
Eurotrip 2011
This summer my brother and I shall be going on a Eurotrip starting in Lisbon, Portugal and finishing in Rome, Italy. I endeavour to keep a regularly updated blog with information of what we have done and seen both to inform friends and family and for prosperity, who’d keep a hand written diary now a … Read more
