We´re in Spain now!

Hey everyone,
We arrived in spain yesterday after travelling down the Atlantic coast of France. From Paris, we went to Bayeux, in Normandy, and took a tour of the D-Day landing beaches there, as well as the museum. A temporary port was built there in 1944, and parts of it are still visible out at sea. It was really neat to see. Very moving place, for sure!
From there, we headed to a town called Tours, in the heart of the Loire Valley, which is a region that produces wines. We went to a gorgeous chateau called Chenonceau, as well as some castles in the region . One was where Leonardo Da Vinci was buried - they really love him in France!!
From Tours, we took the train down the coast to Biarritz, which is near the Spanish border. There are a few surf breaks, but a storm had made the waves really big, so Rob didn´t try them out.
From Biarritz, we crossed the border into Spain and we are now in a small surf town called San Sebastian. Now Amanda is getting her French and Spanish confused, and to mix it up a bit, they also speak a different language here called Basque. Most of the signs are in Basque, which is über confusing.
We really like it here, though, and are going to stay a few days. The waves are rideable, so Rob is going to venture into the cold Atlantic with just a shorty wetsuit, cuz that´s all he can rent!! The weather is supposed to be great here over the weekend - over 25 degrees.
From here, we will head to Madrid and then south to Grenada, to see the mighty Alhambra.

Bonjour from Paris!!

We have been in Paris since Tuesday and have been very busy trying to see all the sights. And we were lucky enough to find a computer that we can upload our pictures from. So here are a select few:

Hiya!

We arrived in London today after spending the first week of our trip in Scotland and NE England. We landed in Glasgow, and spent the next day checking out the cathedral and the necropolis. We went into the oldest house in the city - from the 1600's - and were amazed at how small eveyone was. The doors only came to our shoulders!
The nest day, we headed off to Eninburgh - which was completely different! The medieval castle in the centre of the city was stunning. Lots to see and do there as there is so much history in place that old and significant in history.
We took a bus to the highlands for the day. The wilderness there is very different than westrn Canada, but so secluded and haunting. We even saw a ski hill - Scotland's largest! It was actually quite a tall mountain, but there wasn't too much terrain!
We travelled to Newcastle yesterday and got lost trying to find our hostel. After our 2-hour stroll, we discovered that there really wasn't much to see in Newcastle, so here we are in London today! We just went to the British Museum, which has amazing artifacts from Egypt,Rome, Greece and Asia.
Tomorrow, we are going to hop on a Red Bus and do a tour of London, and hopefully vvisit the Natural History Museum and maybe also a bit of shopping!
We are having a hard time figuring out how to post photos on these public computers, so we'll have to keep you in suspense for now!
R&A