We passed over the boarder into Spain and the main things we noticed straight away was that diesel is around 15% cheaper (my Yorkshire man pointed this out) and also the landscape also changed full of orange and olive trees.

Paul wanted to go to the Salvador Dali Museum so we stopped off at a parking site near Figueres. A lovely bike ride took us in the Figueres and the museum strikes you straight away with the outside roof covered with large eggs. I did not know anything about Dali’s work before, having walked around looking at his work I am still not sure I know much about it but. I can appreciate the clearly amazing art but quite a few pieces were beyond my level of interpretation. Very enjoyable.

We stopped at a Dairy Farm which offered free motorhome parking. This was a great stop with the owner’s son showing us around the whole farm taking us through all the processes involved. They even had their own bio-fuel plant turning the cow poo into electricity. The owner had his own personal museum of farming with numerous tractors and machinery dating back many years. We enjoyed the freshly made yogurt and ice cream.

Barcelona next up, stopping at a place about 30mins down the coast called Castelldefels. The camp site was a strange place. We arrived on Friday and throughout the weekend it was buzzing and then by Monday it was just us and one couple in a tent, it was like walking around a ghost town of 300 static caravans.

The main reason for Barcelona was so Connor could go to see Barcelona play football. The stadium was amazing, almost full to capacity of nearly 100,000 people. Barcelona won 2-0 so even better as Connor cheered on Messi as he scored.

I had no real idea of Barcelona before going but once in the city it was jaw dropping. Every street you went down and corner you turned there was something to look at from the old narrow streets to the modern boulevards. The city seemed to ooze energy, I could have spent much longer exploring this place. An added bonus for this stop was that my mum and her friend came to visit.

We did a Flamenco Dancing show which was great to see. I did not understand the words they sang but you could feel the passion and that accompanied by the music was brilliant. The dancers were also very passionate putting on a great performance.

From the excitement of the city straight to the excitement of PortAventura and Ferrari Land amusement park. Parking right in the grounds made easy access for 2 days of high adrenaline fun. Roller coasters, rides and shows galore. I must admit Connor dragged me onto a ride which did 9 loop the loops and that wiped me out for that day leaving the boys to carry on big rides as I watched feeling dizzy.

Many times I have enjoyed a wine from the Rioja region so on passing through we had to stop at Logrono which is the capital of this region. Wow, what a great town. We parked in a free large car park just ten minutes walk over the river into the town center. The feel of this place was really nice with a mix of the old town and new areas of apartments with lots of green spaces.

We discovered the local tradition of a Pinchos Crawl down the tiny streets famous for wine and pinchos. Pinchos are like large canapes. The small pedestrian streets are full of tiny bars that can squeeze about 10 people inside but have tables outside where most people stand. It is normal to have one drink and one pinchos in a bar then move on to another, each bar seeming to have it’s own specialty in pinchos to be tried. This was a great end to our short but very enjoyable Spanish tour as we cross the boarder again into France.