Europa

The Van..

Travelled: 6000km
Averaged: 33mpg
Produced : 1604kg CO2
Problems : One split "tubo de escape", a slightly dented wheel arch, locked keys inside - central Madrid (a 5ft long branch and the open skylight were our salvation)


Us...
Highlights: Cycling and climbing in the Pyrenees, friends and family, learning Espanol, free-camps
Lowlights: Root canals, finding public toilets, cardiff, travellers lassitude
Food highlights: All the classics
Food lowlights: French Cobb & Co, pigs ears, running out of gas
Best Church: Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona (a 20ft high pineapple on a spire?)
Education: "A History of Europe", "The Song of the Dodo", "Guns, Germs and Steel"
Best novel: John Steinbeck "Cannery Row"
Most depressing poetry : T.S. Eliot
Most played CD: "The Best of Johnny Cash"
Most played CD track: Johnny Cash "A Boy named Sue"
CD I never want to hear again (JF): Guess