Lukey and Louisey's Round-The-World Adventure

So we are finally in Granada...

and it really isn´t too bad! I mean I have to have some gratitude towards this place as it is probably the one destintation that managed to get Luke to come on European Expedition Part Two: The Couples Edition. It is a really great and laid back little town. Although, unfortunately for us, it is a public holiday today (only in Granada...), which means we have a LOT of dirty clothes. Tomorrow we are going to the Alhambra though so that should be really interesting. It´s a bit of a tourist town here (it reminds me a lot of Florence), but you can see why. It´s just so likeable! Good decision on Lukey´s part! And after 12 hours travel by train, it had better be!

Getting here was another adventure in itself. I´ll work backwards from now... Our last stop was Barcelona, which was fabulous in every sense of the word! Just a fun, friendly place! The shopping though is so not as good as everyone says it is. I guess I´ll have to save my spree for Paris! We didn´t do that much in Barcelona except wander the streets and take in the vibes. We did go to the Picasso Museum, which was really interesting. There was a drawing exhibition running there, which was really intriguing. Some really incredible works.

Getting to Barcelona though, was a mission and a half. We had two stops. Both in the south of France. One in Nice. A beautiful town. We both really enjoyed out time there. (And our hotel was so cute! It was totally french and so cozy!) We went to the famous stoney beach, which really is nice (lame I know). We had a cliche baguette overlooking the ocean (the first bit of beach since Thailand!) and it really was lovely. I was in love with France already. We did some window shopping (of course) before we headed back to the hotel to watch more Olympics. (Details of our time in Torino futher down the post.)

Our next stop was Beziers. Don´t worry, I had never heard of it either. And... well it really was the middle of nowhere. It was, like, the suburbs. (Don´t get me wrong, I love suburbs, I live in the suburbs!) We had to take a 15 minute taxi ride, out of the centre to get to our hotel (more like motel). We were thinking, it´s ok, it´s cool, we´ll go on the net and do some laundry. No internet. No laundry. Hmmm. (Now you understand our laundy predicament... this was like five days ago that we needed to do laundry!!!) However, the people there were so lovely. They let us book out Bacelona accomodation on their computer and even made us a cute little dinner (since there was one restaurant near by... and they were rude. Sorry, how are we supposed to know you don´t open til 7. Maybe you should invest in a sign.) and they were just really nice and friendly people! It totally made our stay in Beziers worth it! I might even go back one day! (Actually probably not, but you know what I mean.)

And Torino!! WOW! What a fantastic night that was! We went to watch the Womens Aerials Finals with hopes of watching an Australian win gold! After Jacqui Cooper broke the world record the night before and Alisa Camplin being defending Olympic Champion we though it could be a good possibility. Unfortunately, it was only Camplin who got a bronze, but it was so exciting that we got a medal we didn´t really care! (I felt bad for Cooper though, after all she´s been through.) And we were also super excited that the event didn´t have to be cancelled due to fog. It was really bad. The conditions were actually pretty horrendous for the jumpers, but they did a great job. And when the Chinese girl who was coming first totally face-planted giving us the bronze, we were very, very excited! (Mean I know, but it´s sports.) The vibe was really amazing. There were heaps of people from all over the world cheering on their countries and HEAPS of Australians showing support too. A night to remember. I wanted to go watch more events after that! But alas, it was not on the cards. Passion totally lives in Italy!

Today, after we found out everything was closed, we had a bit of a rest day and slept for like four hours during the day. (You have to forgive all my likes. There are a lot of Americans around here and they are a bad influence.) Tomorrow, should be amazing, but I´m not looking forward to battling the crowds. But in the end it´s always worth it.

I would also like to send out a Happy 23rd Birthday shout out to my cousin Sarah, who is in Thailand at the moment! Woo! (Her blog is linked to the side.)

posted by Louise and Luke @ 5:46 AM