day one: destination - cadiz. south-west coastal town. swam in atlantic. watched sunset. put up tent on the terrace roof above a hostel.

day two: destination - car. ridiculously small silver vechicle, named 'thecar', with a lot of power and a cd player. drove from cadiz up to seville, then across to granada. unable to see the alhambra, we headed up into the sierra nevada mountains and witnessed snow. continued driving southward to motril on south coast.

day three: destination - south coast. beautiful blue sky, rugged cliffs, rocky coastline. unbelievable variation in wild flower species. huge waves that drenched us. tiny roads that led to nowhere except straight into the middle of the most powerful wind i have experienced! ended in a little place which for the moment i have forgotten the name of... but a little campsite with our own rocky beach on the south-east coast. watched the stars come out. listened to the waves beat against the shore and the wind howl between the palm trees. yes. palm trees. spain is full of them.

day four: destination - east coast. continued to drive up the coast. but not until after watching the sunrise and walking along the clifftops and staring out at the ocean. made our way up past alicante to a beach resort town called calpe. swam in the mediterranean. fished off the rocks with a spaniard. ate three full fish at a seafood restaurant. lazed on the beach under palm trees.

day five: destination - ifach rock. this rock, towering 332m into the air is incredible! shall show photos as soon as they get uploaded off the digital. eric, joe and i climbed it - with the help of a tunnel, some ropes in places, and the onlooking and cawing of seagulls nesting less than a metre away. spent the rest of the day on the beach before driving up to barcelona to drop off car. as this occurred nearing midnight we took a vote and decided to camp out in the airport instead of paying for accommodation. ha. the life of poor students.

day six: destination - barcelona. floors of airports are not as bad when you are with friends. headed into barcelona. amazing city! sad we only spent a day here. climbed the sagrada familar and wandered in the park guëll - both designed by gaudi and both so refreshingly different from everything else i have seen in europe. wandered down la ramble - the main street - to the port. then off to a different airport to have another floor night's sleep.

day seven: awoke and bordered ryan air plane back to belgium.

highlights to follow soon...