Germany- Oktoberfest!!!!!

Friday we made our way to Munich for a big weekend at the world famous Oktoberfest!!!! We are with Top Deck tour group at a campsite, so they have tents set up (hundreds- no room for grass to even grow!), have buses to the beer halls and cook hot brekkies, there are mostly auzzies and kiwis but also some ppl from UK.
Friday evening we went in...there are heaps of humungous beer halls set up for different sorts of beer then there are beer gardens around them, and all stores and theme park rides around, pretty massive. And yes, everyone is very drunk and rowdy. With so many ppl it very hard to get into a hall but with huge luck em n I scammed our way into a good one, u have to be seated to be served beer but everyone is friendly so we easily moved around tables, we ate pretzels, wore stupid hats and had quite the few stiens... the band kept playing classic American songs... YMCA, Guns and Roses, Bryan Adams, Grease... it so weird because people here dont really know what the songs are saying but hum along to the tune and love them, Em n i were carving it up dancing on the tables... very fun night!
Yesterday (saturday) we went back in early but at 930am the halls were already all full, again we were lucky to sit with some Germans in a beer garden, we sat there for ages and they taught us German beer songs and drinking games, when we say we from Australia everyones first response is 'kangaroo'... yes kangaroo. We were drunk bw 11am but slogged throught till about 4pm, I went to sleep but Em got up to keep drinking at campsite later last night. Today we having morning off so hopefully I can last into the night, haha. We may stay here a bit longer than planned, very very fun!

Switzerland

We finished our last night in Barelona, because it had been raining and we'd hung our clothes over the tent we came home to a pool of water inside our tent, we had to wipe it up with tiolet paper and forego my wet sleeping bag for the night, n pretty cold next to beach, oh well, woke very early Wednesday for long trip to Geneve in Switzerland.
Switzerland is a very clean and well organised country and the people here are so friendly and helpful (unlike the Spanish). We didnt realise how cold it would be! We set up our tent again in the rain, had chocolate for dinner and had to put on all our clothes and cocoon oursleves in our (now dry) sleeping bags, bbbrrr!
On Thursday we went back down to France for a scenic trip through the French and Swiss Alps... the most amazing sights I have ever seen. Went from Chamonix to Martigney in a small slow train that wound through the hugest mountains covered in alpines with snow on their peaks and tiny villages down below, we went through tunnels, along creeks (with greeny milky water) and past sheer drops that got a bit scary... its hard to describe how stunning it was and how small it made me feel, ive only ever seen little snow in Armidale so was just blown away. We also did trip from Interlaken to Luzern, also beautiful, mountain meets lake, wow! We may come back for some more time in Switzerland later, it is so pretty.

Barcelona Spain

Barcelona has been great. We arrived here on Friday to find it a long weekend and huge party for something not sure what! That Friday we checked into a youth hostel on La Rambla which is the main party street, and had a very big night, there were big concert stages set up with bands and everyone was dancing and all talking, think Sydney NYE but bigger! It also handy for us cos there were so many foreigners who spoke English! Anyway, we stayed out late and enjoyed just crashing in our hostel close by.
Although we enjoyed the bed and pillow we dont really like the hostels, they pack so many ppl into tiny rooms, we are paranoid our belongings will get stolen, the bathrooms are gross and they are still quite expensive, so we decided to find campsite next day. Found the best canpsite yet and have now stayed there 4 nights tonight.
On Sunday we came in to do some sightseeing, we climbed the stairs to the Museu Nacional which was a huge building with the most stunning views of Barcelona city and came to some markets on La Rambla but it was too hot so we bailed for the pool at our campsite. We had meet a load of aussies at our campsite so that night we drank and hung out with them, the contiki bus also pulled into our campsite so it was a pretty big night.
Yesterday (monday) we layed on the beach ALL day, it was best weather, very perfect day!! Today it is overcast so we have done more sightseeing...La Pedrera, some other buildings and the FAMOUS Sagrada Fanilia, took forever for us to find it, and to be honest what a let down! It is under construction and nothing like all the postcards and images ive seen! Oh well, least ive seen it now!
Tonight we are going to see a flamenco dancing show, which we are very excited about! Then we leave early tomorrow to Switzerland, heading towards Munuch for beefest this weekend... time is going too fast!!!!
Thats all, hope everyone at home is well!!! xoxo

Update

Well looks like Valencia is quite the party town. On Wednesday we woke to rain again so after a full day in our tent going quite crazy we decided to go into town, we went to an irish bar which was great to talk to other English speakers, and ended up having a great night when we had a group english/spaniards show us around (wed is foreign student night). We spent yesterday recovering on the beach.
Today we jumped on the train to Barceloña for the weekend... to our suprise it is a long weekend here and HUGE fiesta all weekend that ppl worlwide travel to, we are staying in a youth hostel to make it easier and are excited about another good night out tonight. GOOD LUCK to Mel and (if dad got through semis) soccer grand finals- am thinking of you both!!!

Valencia Spain

Yes we are happily back on the coast. There is no camping in Valencia so we are staying a bit further south in a very Spanish little town called Mareny. Although it is a small town we love just hanging around watching the locals, the buildings are all white or colourful with big archways and vines and window shutters, it is very hot here so has a misty and sandy feel too. Our camping site is right near the beach so we spent all day yesterday sunbaking n swimming in the Mediterranean (some jelly monster scared me off a bit but). All the shops close for siesta, such different lifesytle- last night went for dinner at 7pm but restuarants dont even open until 9.30pm. Nonone speaks any English and everyone STARES at us, although we try to fit in we must look foreign!
Today we spent day in Valencia looking around, just had a HUGE meal; seafood paella (apperenly entree but so filling) n something else i randomly pointed to on the menu- was steak n chips- damn- now we feel like a siesta too.
We are going to stay here until Friday, the relaxing by the sea is too good to leave too soon. Also being hot we can lay on our sleeping bags with just sheets so have had the most comfortable sleeps yet! Love you all!
p.s. have eaten the yummiest stone fruits- so many orchards

Madrid

I knew San Sebastion was too perfect to be true!!! That night we slept very happy with ourselves and excited about our week of sunbaking on the beach...BUT woke up to rain which is not fun while u r camping and the weather forecast- 3 days of rain! So we decided to move onto Madrid on our way south.
We set off and arrived in the early hours of Saturday morning. By midday it boiling hot, too hot to go into town (which we had decided was a dump the night before) so were excited about the huge resort style pool at the campsite. BUT to our disgust the pool is only opened in summer so even though it is sweltering hot and we paying high season prices it is the "Spanish Law" to not open pools after september, so we layed our towels in the dirt outside the pool gate and baked- not exactly dream Spain. The campsite was like a trailer park, really noisy but also very expensive (only good thing was the ground fairly soft on our backs). This morning we eargerly set off to coast with evil thoughts of the hellhole Madrid, when i went to pay for my ticket out i realised some seedy spanish has stolen my wallet out of my bag on the metro!! So i called home to get help cancelling my cards n luckily keep everything seperate from wallet so everything safe except missin bit of cash n now dont have any bank access- i knew i was with Em for a reason! Anyway, hopefully we find a nice campsite here in Valencia on the Medditterean where we will stay for a good week rain hail or shine!! xo

San Sebastion Spain

We have hit Spain and we are loving it!!!!! Yesterday we left La Rochelle (after having an great night out going to a Jazz bar- but again waking up NOT feeling like travelling)n arrived in Irun last night, this was a hole so we came a bit further West to San Sebastion...and dont want to leave! We have spent all day laying on the beach and now intend to do it for a while. The beach is so different to oz, it more of a big bay and at low tide it is HUGE with lots and lots of people, the sun is also very different, we stayed in it all day and are not lobsters, so we planning on a gradual golden tan, haha. Our campsite is a bit out of town, the bus drives along tiny roads along the coastline but it is so cliffy and green, ill have to get some pics, very stunning. Well we are going to stay here for a few more days, tomorrow meant to be very hot, loving life, adios!!