So off we went , two nights rest ,  Jackie was definitely a great addition to the girlies on tour , number one ,she, believe it or not ,is soooo disciplined in her eating habits , so it was goodbye to the lu biscuits , the icecream , the chocolate covered oreo s and all is that verrrrry bad and hello to food ?? whats that . She has been a very bad influence on the other hand in the " is it time for champagne ?" Jeannie and Emer as you know need little persuasion !

We left France , the drive was pretty horrendous to the border , I have never seen so many juggernauts in a row in my life , road works , small outer lane and one my car not exactly being a cinqicento , all of that was rather daunting , and no one was as happy as I when we eventually arrived in San Sebastian .  To those of you who have never been ,  put it on the wish list , I ll definitely be taking it in again on the return journey , its probably the most beautiful city I ve been to in Spain, breathtakingly beautiful , the most gorgeous beaches yes a must for you readers for a weekend !

Anyway , spoilt for choice restaurant wise , we settled on a seafood one at the marina , girlies had a bottle of Albarino , prawns sardinas salad , happy little teddies left San Seb and headed westwards towards Bilbao, the drive and play for my ipods is the way to go but "spanish with michel thomas "is not !! whatever it is about his voice makes me want to curl up and sleep so on that leg all I can think of is I have no chance of getting to the Guggenheim let alone Segovia or Madrid , which was on the cards for that night . much diet coke later Jeannie got the girls to Bilbao , Ricky took us to the Gugg and in we went . I have to admit the ouside was a million times more interesting than the inside , the surreal floor was disappointing, I ll write more about that later . My eyes started closing so goodbye to the girlies and off to my bed , no my car , seat in recline , paul mc kenna in my ears jeannie slept for 30 mins !! the gin and tonic queens were doing what they do best but I they knocked them back  and off we went . Would we hit Segovia or Madrid ?? Decisions . We drove southwards and at 12.30 a.m we hit Madrid , Emer had en route sourced a hotel and ricky got us there of course ! a well earned glass of bubbly and bed for the girlies !