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Hi Just a short note before hitting the sack to let you know where we are.
After Barcelona and Valencia we headed off through Madrid to Salmanica. We sped through hundreds of orange orchards. What a beautiful Spanish town Salamanca was. It had a real Spanish square surrounded by a high walled enclosure which happened to be a monastery thousands of years ago. People sat around the edge in restaurants and in groups in the centre chatting for most of the night. We know as our room opened on to the square.
We spent the weekend on the French/ Spanish border. Accommodation was hard to get so took a place out in the country that we can neither spell or say which happened to be over the border in France. We had hoped to stay in Spain a little longer as our language was improving!!! Our meal was a hoot with us not able to speak any French and they knew little English and Spanish had its own dialect way in there. We ended up with Rabbit stuffed in clear calalonni “things” and stuffed squid breasts.. if that’s what they are called.. It was served with white rice.
When we arrived bus loads of people were folk dancing. I could swear there was a whole brass band in the hotel dinning room come ballroom for the afternoon. We went for a walk and watched the farmers make hay. 3 people raked up the loose hay after the conditioner had rowed it up to make sure nothing was wasted.
The weather has been perfect if not a bit too hot. We spent the next day down on the beach at Hayendaye. Beautiful beach like you imagine the Mediterranean to be. People jammed on the sand like sardines.We walked around the headlands to a castle. We heard pheasants crowing to each other. Im glad we didnt see any rabbits as they are a opoular food item here that you can buy in the super market.
We have been managing the trains well and haven’t ended up somewhere we didn’t intend to be. Last night we stayed in Talouse around the railway station didnt feel all that safe. This morning we had planned to give our yesterdays leftover lunch of salami, cheese and cake to the beggar who had sat out on the street by the bakery door all night. We crossed the road to get fresh supplies from the bread shop and he had gone when we came out. Managed to find a home for it at the railway station however.
Love Bordeaux. It is a very old city with old buildings everywhere. Easy to get around. Lots of entertainment during dinner with musicians touting for space and attention. Food good. They certainly love potato chips with every thing. Us Flat Friens wanted to play on the water Mirror playground but we werent allowed. It was a huge area of mirror class covered by about 4 cm of water.
Off to Rennes tomorrow.

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Hola Im so sorry Id almost forgotten to post you all some messages. We are having so nuch fun . We loved Barcelona. We stayed on Las Rambles Calle which had a very wide section in the middle of the road where the centre line would normally go. Cars went down each side. In this tree lined area there were stalls and painters painting live portraits.People played theathre tricks on the pedristrians by dressing up and standing so still you werent sure if they were a statue or not. We found an interesting market and had a strawberry drink each. Everyone speaks spanish so we have had to rely on what little we thought we knew which turns out to be quite a lot. The underground rail system took a bit of working out we nearly missed our first train as we were on the wrong platform but soon sorted that out. We went to Gaudi"s Park. Mr Gaudi was a famous designer who created a lot of spectactular buildings in Barcelona. This garden has a fountain, a pond you can row a boat on, 2 museums and a zoo in it. I really loved his church called Sigrande Familiar. ( Not sure I've spelt that correct) He died before it could be finished. We went up a steepal in a lift and walked down thousands of stairs in a narrow spiral staircase. Our time here was also spent riding around the city in a double decker bus, riding the tram to visit an ald prison where the view over the city was amazing.All the buildings have white walls with red brick rooves. It drove throuugh the Olympic village and the port. We watched people using bulldozers and cranes to loading a boat with grain and unload a boat full of scrap metal.
Our hotel room was in the centre of an old building which had no windows. It felt like a box.

Meeting new friends

Hi you wont believe this but I've meet 2 new really neat friends who are going to travel with me Meet Flat Fred and Jessianna. We are now sitting in Changi airport T Singapore waiting for our flight to Barcelona which will be15 hrs long

Testing again

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Testing

Hi Im off on an aeroplane again. Watch this space

Mothers day

Hi on sunday we had Mothers Day.I Missed you all. This was such a fun day with all my family ringing in to say Hello. Maie made a cad from Smilebox. It was really cool. Maybe you could try making one for me to see you all.
see you soon. Try this link and see if it works for you
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Home

Hi Im home from sunny Queensland and its rather cold here. I may need to look for some warm clothes.