Hola Perth!

Sorry I haven't posted anything in a couple of days, this trip is so flat out!
Every morning I wake up early and go to breakfast, and then take the train to a uni half an hour away from our hotel. Then it's a three hour lecture, which finishes at 12.30. By then, its starting to get fairly hot, so when we get to the hotel we're supposed to rest, but I have to do the readings to prepare for the next day. By about 4, the hottest part of the day, we're back out on the streets learning about various sites and events. As much as the content is really interesting, by the afternoon, and two strong coffees later, we're all exhausted. The tour normally finishes about 6.30. But you can't go to dinner since nothing is open. It is so hard, coming from Perth, to follow the time here, because its getting dark at 10.30pm. We normally grab dinner about 9 or 10.30. It is the strangest custom, but I've actually kind of gotten used to it.

I should not complaining about the hard life I lead really,because this place fantastic. Every street seems to be full of beautiful people and even more beautiful buildings. Most of us have started straying from the main square to find dinner. Last night, kate and I found a place where no one spoke English, and the whole bar was watching a Spain v Italy soccer match. We just pointed to the menu and managed to order some good stuff.

I'm no photographer, everything here is just crying out to have photos taken. I'll put one or two here, but most will be on my Facebook page.

Anyway, better get going, we're all off to segovia today's see some Roman architecture.

Lots of love,

X

I'm finally here!

So I have finally arrived in sunny Madrid! From what I've seen so far, it's beautiful. The flights were all kinds of horrible, but I suppose that's to be expected. Things you should not do when booking a trip to Europe:
Don't book a same day travel flight. You have to get to the airport at 3.30 which is far too early to be allowed.
If you do book that flight, don't go out to a friends birthday party the night before. I got about one hour sleep that night and two on the plane.

Big big big shout out goes to the collis family for picking tash and I up from the station and then driving us there the next morning. You are too kind.
Anyway, I will try to upload some photos when they actually get  interesting, but here is one from the plane to England.

X

Before I leave.

I thought it could be fun if I either posted blog's and or YouTube videos while I'm away in Europe for 5 and a half weeks. This is just a trial run to see how everything goes on this site, and whether this is all going to work. Here is a photo I took on my new camera of some sunflowers we've got at home at the moment.

It seems kind of silly, but I'm actually a little bit nervous to go. I haven't done the whole travelling by myself thing before, so I can just imagine myself going to completely the wrong gate at the airport, or forgetting to pick up my luggage or something ridiculous like that. I also feel totally under prepared, even though I've done absolutely everything I need to before I leave (apart from packing, because of course I love nothing more than panicked, last minute packing). I'm sure that once I leave it will be fantastic, just as everyone keeps saying, but for now I'm a little apprehensive.

So, I'll try to keep you updated on my movements, well that is, the people who bother to read this, and I will hopefully post again soon.

xx