Finally I have typed up some more of my journal. I am now only about a three and a half weeks behind…
We arrived in Nice on Wednesday 21st May. We were staying in an apartment just off Place Garibaldi until we moved into the Hotel Massena on Friday morning.
The second stage of our adventure to us to Nimes, a town in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France.
The Barcelona section of Paul and Jan’s Excellent European Adventure is over. What a city! While I know that we really only scratched the surface, Barcelona is just spectacular.
Read on for the potted version of the second half of our Barcelona visit, or go to Jan’s journal for the full story.
I am so pleased that Barcelona is our first stop. I would hate to have arrived in this city after five months of looking at ancient buildings and cathedrals and not appreciate the history it has to offer. As it turns out, we have really only scratched the surface so far. We are staying in El Raval, just around the corner from La Rambla and at the end of our side street is Gaudi’s Palau Guell. You simply couldn’t get much closer to the action and still get a night’s sleep (with the help of ear plugs). Talk about being in the heart of the things!
If you want to know what happened on our first day in Barcelona then click here and read “Day three”
Here’s a rough itinerary if you’d like to know where we’ll be over the next five months:
Country: Singapore
From Date: 05/05/2014
To Date: 06/05/2014
Having a stopover to break the journey
Country: Spain – Barcelona
From Date: 07/05/2014
To Date: 16/05/2014
Formula 1 race 5: GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI 09-11/05/2014
Country: France – Nimes/Nice/Monaco
From Date: 16/05/2014
To Date: 26/05/2014
Formula 1 race 6: GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 22-25/05/2014
Race 7 is in Canada and race 8 is in Austria. We’re not doing Canada or Austria.
Country: United Kingdom – England & Scotland
From Date: 26/05/2014
To Date: 17/07/2014
Formula 1 race 9: SANTANDER BRITISH GRAND PRIX 04-06/07/2014
Country: Germany – Mannheim
From Date: 17/07/2014
To Date: 22/07/2014
Formula 1 race 10: GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 18-20/07/2014
Country: Hungary – Budapest
From Date: 22/07/2014
To Date: 31/07/2014
Formula 1 race 11: PIRELLI MAGYAR NAGYDÍJ 25-27/07/2014
Country: Czech Republic – Prague
From Date: 31/07/2014
To Date: 07/08/2014
Visiting a friend in Prague
Country: France – Paris
From Date: 07/08/2014
To Date: 21/08/2014
Perhaps a couple of weeks in Paris
Country: Belgium – Liège
From Date: 21/08/2014
To Date: 25/08/2014
Formula 1 race 12: SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX 22-24/08/2014
Country: Switzerland – Lucerne
From Date: 25/08/2014
To Date: 01/09/2014
Perhaps a few days in Lucerne on the way to Italy
Country: Italy – Como, Milan, Venice, Cinque Terre, Florence, Rome…
From Date: 01/09/2014
To Date: 26/09/2014
Mum and Danielle join us in Milan on the 4th (our 10th wedding anniversary). Spending the last few weeks touring in Italy
Formula 1 race 13: GRAN PREMIO D’ITALIA 05-07/09/2014
Country: Singapore
From Date: 26/09/2014
To Date: 29/09/2014
Having a stopover to break the journey and perhaps take Mum to the Gardens by the Bay and the Singapore Zoo
29/09/2014 – back home in Brisbane
Hello
This is the beginning of our big European adventure. Paul and Jan are planning to keep in touch and keep you updated using this website. Please look out for notification of new posts on Jan’s Facebook page, or by email.
Talk to you soon
Paul and Jan