as brenda pointed out in her comment, i'm off to spain. in a few hours. and i have a very long list of things to do before i get there. writing on here was not on the list. but don't worry because once i'm done writing this, i'll add it to the list, and then have the joyous feeling of achievement by crossing it off again. ahhh, i get it from my parents you know. the love of crossing things off a list. indeed.

anyway, nothing like flying for 2 hours and ending up in a new and foreign land with another language to attempt and with beaches along the mediterranean sea to explore. and to top it off, no need to think about bus timetables, no need to think about train schedules, no need to think about booking hostels... this is the classic road trip in hired car with borrowed tent scenario.

hurrah!

for those interested in particulars, here's the scoop. heh. what a word - 'scoop'. me and joe leave belgium at 8pm tonight and arrive in stansted london a few hours after that. we then get to play cards and draw pictures and keep ourselves amused by making up stories about the people in the airport - until the next morning. yeah, i know, yet another night in an airport. why do i do this to myself you might ask? because this way we save money, and get to spain faster. heh. i'm such a genius at travel arrangements.

right, so we then arrive in jerez, southern spain, 11am on wednesday (that would be tomorrow!), where we meet morna and eric, who have previously been wandering about in the sahara desert. from there we pick up our nissan and hit the road. we've got four days to drive up the coast of spain to barcelona.

then we spend two days in barcelona looking at, um, stuff? to be honest, the only thing i know about barcelona is the olympics and that olympic theme music. heh heh. but i'm sure there must be some stuff to do there. then we fly directly home to belgium early on tuesday 20th, getting back about 8am.