Sorry  for the lack of updates been so busy haven´t had time to get around to writing one.

So here is the shortened version of the last 10 or so days.

PARIS

• Arrived late night at had an awesome nutella crepe right beside the hotel
• Visited the Eiffel tower. Unfortunately lift was only working to the 2nd floor so didn´t get to go all the way to the top.  Still was amazing and crazy to think it was only temporary
• Walked the Champs Elysee, very interesting. I pretended to be Cadel Evans.  Funnily enough there was not much of a mention of the Tour de France.  I expected to see something there.
• Moulin Rouge was amazing.  The dancing was fantastic and the costumes phenomenal.  Even a scene in a tank that rose from the floor where one of the dancers swam and twirled with 3-4 pythons.
• Went to the Louvre (http://www.louvre.fr/en/homepage) mainly of course to see the Mona Lisa.  We got there really early and were one of the first in the room and spent ages in front.  I´ve heard of others who get to see it for a really short time because there are too many people there.
• Went up the Arc De Triomphe and saw the tomb of the unknown soldier
• Took a train to Versailles to see the palace of Versaille - http://www.monuments.ws/upload/palace-versailles-1.jpg An incredible place, and so much history.
• Went to Sacre Coeur - http://wa2.www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/ciudades/jpg/ABI29552.jpg;pv538d5412ce5e7a98 and the Montmarte artists area and had a portrait drawn of us.
• Went on a massive walk around the streets of paris and looked at the apartments and buildings
• Tried the french delicacy of snails!

We then caught a fast train to the South of France.

TOULOUSE

• Here we spent time with Bec´s family friends Miriam and Adrien
• They toured us around Toulouse and took us to a great restaurant above a market, where they use all the fresh foods from the market below.
• They also took us to a town called Albi.  Which has been listed as world heritage site by UNESCO. It can be traced back as far as 51BC and was home to the artist Henri Toulouse-Letrac and the discoverer Laperouse. They also have an amazing church - http://www.albi-tourisme.fr/us/pagesEditos.asp?id=8D9CB513&IDPAGE=133
• Next stop flight to Barcelona

BARCELONA

Spent the last couple of days with a friend of Bec´s from England.

Went and saw La Pedrera an apartment buidling designed by the famous architect Antoni Gaudi. http://www.lapedreraeducacio.org/eng/index.htm

Went to Park Guell. A park designed by Gaudi also, the houses at the entrance look lkike gingerbread houses. http://www.parkguell.es/en/gal.php

Walked the famous La Ramblas

Went to La Sagrada Familia. Achurch that is not at all like a church - http://www.sagradafamilia.cat/docs_instit/images.php

Went and saw FC Barcelona vs Sporting De Gijon play. Highlights here - http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/xp7cii_barcelona-3-1-sporting-gijon_sport

having an amazing time.  A couple more days left in Barcelona before we head to Rome.

Andrew