Our last few days in London were the perfect ending to our incredible journey abroad. Chevhaun and I mastered the Underground right away and hit all the main attractions; Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, The London Eye, Westminster Abbey, Trafalgar Square. Chevhaun went to Madame Tussuad's Wax Museum and had a ball looking at all the wax creations from David Beckham to Tom Cruise to the Madame herself. I pinched my pennies and made way to Oxford Street and managed to only spent one pound. We also visited The London Dungeon which was fun and included a bone chilling boat ride through the dark (okay so it wasn't very scary at all but we screamed for the hell of it anyway). Eithne, a girl we spent time with in Spain met up with us and we all went for dinner at Wagamama's noodle bar.We caught a play called Avenue Q in Leicester Square afterwords which was dead brilliant! Imagine a racy musical with furry puppets and laugh out loud comedy, Sesame Street for adults and we loved every minute. The trip home was long and we didn't even get to sit together, but each managed to strike up conversation with an avid bird watcher and a woman who's daughter worked in the same care facility as Chevhaun at one point. Small world. Us jet setters were jet legged and sad to say goodbye to the old country but are already scheming up our next grand adventure. First Europe, now.... the world, muhahahahaha.

Lagos is a beach town located in the south of Portugal that we have been hearing about since Scotland. It has a reputation for being like a black hole; you come for three days and stay for three weeks, so we booked ourselves in at The Rising Cock hostel for five nights just to be safe. We made ourselves at home right away and again met up with people we had seen in Seville, including an Aussie girl named Marika, who we went exploring the city with. We went for a hike along the rugged coast line and were pealing off the layers in no time from the heat. All of us were very tempted to take a dip in the brilliant blue water until sudden rainfall started and we were forced back to the big comfy couches of the hostel. The marina is lined with palm trees decorated for Christmas which seems odd without snow or the chill of a real Canadian winter, but we are dealing just fine!

We said goodbye to Spain from Seville where we spent four nights. With only days left of our

Euro Trip we had make a joint decision to skip France. It is disappointing but there will always be Euro Trip #2 to make it up in the future. We stayed at another Oasis hostel in Seville and hung-out with friends we made in Granada. On Friday night we took in a traditional Flamenco show which was amazing. The dancer was so concentrated on every move she made that she had this angry expression on her face the entire time. Close to the end she started getting people from the crowd to participate and we were really impressed with how well some of the guys spun around the tiny stage. We went the Gothic Cathedral on Saturday and saw the tomb of Christopher Columbus as well as many other monuments in the massive church.

A group of us staying in Granada together went to explore some caves that people have actually inhabited as their own. They are a small community living in the hills that overlook the city that use hardly any resources to survive. Very interesting to look at, but the people living there were not so keen on having us invade thier territory! When we got back to The Oasis we all met on the terrace for Herald and Kumars bottle party. If any of you have ever seen the movie, Herald and Kumar Go to White Castle, and look at our pictures you will know what we are talking about.

Check out some amazing graffiti that line the streets of Granada... www.elninodelaspinturas.com has more photos (Choose translate for English)

The sun is still shining everyday here in Granada but it is getting colder and snow has blanketed the mountain tops that we can see from our roof top terrace. That hasen't stopped us from taking full advantage of the great outdoors and sprawling out on cushions for an afternoon Siesta though. We managed to slip in a little time to exlopre the city starting with The Alhambra which is an amazing palace overlooking the city. Its incredible courtyards are surrounded by various engraved rooms, fountains and gardens and let us catch a panoramic view of Granada. We had a three course meal prepared by a chef at our hostel for dinner which only cost 3.50 and included apple sangria as well, delicious!

We made our way from the coast of Spain and into the mountains where Granada is situated and would be home for the next few days. Our hostel is called The Oasis and is tucked into the unique city where people from all over the world come together to enjoy Spanish culture. It only took an hour after we arrived there for us to participate in a Tapas Tour around the area. We went to a few different places and ate tons of food for cheap and fell in love with a drink of red wine and lemonade pop, Tinto de Verano, for a 1.50 (euro that is). A bunch of us wandered off to a Hookah Bar and chatted over Moroccan tea until the place closed at 2 am. There has been speculation of an invasion of bed bugs which actually started back in Rome when Chevhaun discovered a few mysterious bumps. By Valencia we had met two or three other travelers who had clusters of these pesky things and I woke up yesterday with three bumps which look more like spider bites, but who knows right? Ahhhhhh they are taking over!

We definitely caught up on some rest and relaxation in Valencia and are trying to stretch out our trip as long as possible. We met a lot of great people at the Nest and went on another Pub crawl and ended up drinking a deadly mixture of champagne, sangria, mohitos and various shooters. We were also very amused with the vending machine that carried Budweiser and Heineken for one euro each!