From Paris to Lyon, Barcelona and Monaco...

Hello Everyone, it takes more time getting on to a computer than i expected, so please forgive me cos i wish i could tell you everything thats going on, when it happens!

Lets try and start at the beginning... Well, since i left you last!

We packed up early morning after a great night out at the Caberet in Paris, we also saw the moulin rouge, which was a bit of a let down. not qwuite as good as i expected. (please forgive my spelling, i need to type quickly but this french keyboard makes it very hard!)
Caberet was fantastic, it was everything i expected it to be, the girls were fantastic dancers and it had great acts in it too, so with the champagne and other little treats, it was just awesome! After that, we headed back to our camp site and got to be for an early start!



Off to Lyon in the morning and when they say the day is a travelling day, they are not kidding! It is on the bus first thing in the morning, then 3 hours later, we stop for a toilet break and then it's back on again for another 3 hours, then lunch stop and back on again for another couple of hours. It's not a problem, cos there is such bneautioful country side, but my back side is numb a lot of the time!

We did make a stop on the way to Lyon in the Chataeu de cruix, that is owned and ran by Contiki, but we didn't get to sleep there. We did some wine tasting though and that was great, but i'd like to say that i am happily biased and we have beeter wine! this stuff is very dry!

After that we finished our journey into our campsite and stayed at a little campsite with the best host ever! His name was Stefano and he didn'ìt speak much english, but he certainly attempted to help us with our french. he was a great asport, set up a disco for us, gave everyone cheap drinks and really just proved that not all french people are ..... French!

Late to bed, after we amazed the tour manager that it could be so easy to have a huge night in such a small place, and up early for Barcelona. Another traveling day and lots more to see!On the way to spain, when we all weren't asleep, we checked out the different countryside. Also stopped off at the Pont du Gard, which is a massive aquaduct built over 200 years ago. Google it, if you like, it'ìs a wonder of the world! Then we got to Spain! Readed our campsite at 7pm and set up next to the beach - which stunk to high heaven of rotting seaweed. Anyway, was all good, sat up for a while and walked down to the beach, nice to see and then palyed games in the picnic area with tour mates. Aff to bed, for an early start to our day sight seeing in Barcelona.

First we did a walking tour of the Gothic Quarter, and because of our wonderful tour guide i now understand gothic and medieval and some of those things... Our tour guide is most amazing and has passion and enthusiasum about what he knows, so it's very interesting to hear him talk about it all!

Then a caught the underground with my 2 best tour mates and headed to the sangrada Familia, which is a church that has been in the middle of construction for over 100 years and won't be finished for another 50. JUST AMAZING! Google that one too!

Also got lost in the streets of barcelona, changed our clothes in a galati shop toilet and qwent out for the flamenco dancing night. Wow, thay knoe how to stomp alot!

(Sorry i'm being brief, but i need to hurry!)

Went down to the Port Olympica and had tea at a fancy little restuarnt and then headed off to our first night club experience! If i was a little worried we might get pushed around, i shouldn't have been, cos it's hard to compete with a tour load of aussies! Anyway, it was a great night that lasted til the wee houras and we causght a taxi home. Unfortunately my little friend had her bag stolen, so you really got to be so careful.

Anyway, up early the nexty day and i was sure it was leaving at 9am (after packing our tents up in the rain) but apparently it was 8:30 and my punishment for being 3 minutes late was the first one to have to do "coachioke"! This is where you stend up the front of the bus with the microphone and your ipod. You pick a song and start singing. ùYOU can hear the music, but no one else can.... NOT GOOD!

Thank goodness i managed to pull off the performance of I will survive.... but no one else has been late yet, so i haven't been able to see anyone else do it yet.

Off to French rivirea where it was pouring like we wish it would in Mildura and we put up our tents, with great difficulty then once we had finished, they offered us cabins! So i took that option. I'm not soft, but there is brave and stupid! I'm not stupid. So anyway, then we got our clothes washed and dried and our tents dried out too, packed them up and spent the day in Nice, a really nice place! Sight saw around the place, ate french fries on the beach of the medditerainein (so help me spell it!)and then had frogs legs for tea (so very tiny, but TASTES LIKE CHICKEN!) anyway, off to Monaco with all our glad rags on and saw the palace and went to the Monte Carlo Casino too. Amazing place but not very interesting, if you don't have a lot of $$$ to gamble.

Up early this morning and in the bus for a travelling day to Venice! A long day, but we are in Italy and it's very cool here. In fact its pouring with more rain and we were upgraded to free cabins YAY! very good, cos it is raining and pouring and thunder and lightening! Should be a great gondoloa ride tomorrow!

Anyway, on the drive, we stopped at Verona and saw a huge ampitheatre and Juliette's balcony from the shakespere play.

Here we are near Venice and i'm about to go join my friends at the bar!

Looking forward to hearing from you all soon!

Love you all and missing you, but I'm having a ball!

Sheri xoxoxox