Planning and Arranging.

Half the fun of going on a big holiday in Europe is the planning. Coming all the way from Australia I don't want to miss a thing so for this trip I have bought numerous books and looked up numerous blogs as well as using Trip advisor extensively. The forums on www.tripadvisor.com are fantastic and at times I feel overwhelmed at all the information there is to read.
My greatest fear is to come home and realise I have missed something.(I'm a FOMO when it comes to travel).
My new favourite book is PARIS - A guide to the city's creative Heart by Janelle McCulloch. This goes step by step through each arrondissment and has the most amazing photographs. It makes me realise how much I actually did miss out on last time I was in Paris 3 years ago.
Half the book is dedicated to "strolls through Paris", the next half is a Paris Handbook - inspiring shops, cafes , museums and more. I bought it at Dymocks in the city for $49.95 - worth every cent.
Other books I am using for our trip:
London - Insight Guides
Backroads of france - DK Eyewitness travel - 24 leisurely drives.
Discover France - Lonely Planet
Dordogne, Bordeaux and the southwest coast - DK Eyewitness travel.
Discover spain - Lonely Planet.
Barcelona - Encounter by Lonely Planet.
City walks of Paris - 50 adventures on foot.
Best drives in france - AA - 25 car tours.
France - DK Eyewitness travel.
One hundred & one beautiful towns in France -food and wine (more a lovely coffee table book really)
and one I just got yesterday that i haven't had much of a look at yet and at first look i didnt' really like it but upon further inspection it's going to be so good -
Paris City guide  by Lonely Planet.
Madrid - DK Eyewitness travel

Websites and blogs:


About.com - About travel
http://gospain.about.com/

http://uk.franceguide.com/ (click on different regions)

http://www.beynac-en-perigord.com/en/how-to-come-to-beynac.html

http://www.cannellevanille.com/2011/10/food-styling-photography-in-la-dordogne.html

http://www.olivia-rae.com/2011/10/weekend-in-dordogne.html

http://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/guides-spain/guide-to-guipuzcoa.htm

http://www.gouffre-de-padirac.com/index.php#/en/infos/rates

http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/fr/02_00.xml

http://www.frommers.com/

http://c1.tacdn.com/pdfs/Guides/TA_Paris_Guide.pdf

http://www.spain.info/en/disfruta/

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/spain/madrid

http://www.worldsbestbars.com/age-gate?redirect=%2Funited-kingdom%2Flondon

http://www.visitbritain.com/en/AU/

http://www.london-eating.co.uk/36276.htm

http://about-france.com/regions/champagne.htm

http://www.france-travel-secrets.com/champagne-region-france.html

http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Champagne-Ardenne/

http://about-france.com/paris-tourist-attractions.htm

http://www.tourisme-perigueux.fr/en/node/994

http://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Tourism-g658420-Salignac_Eyvigues_Dordogne_Region_Aquitaine-Vacations.html

http://www.exodus.co.uk/holidays/lsq/overview

http://goeurope.about.com/od/france/l/bl-france-wine-regions.htm
http://www.burgundytoday.com/sporting-activities/cycling.htm

http://www.thechaingang.co.uk/publicuser/home

http://www.thepariskitchen.com/

http://parisbymouth.com/

http://www.sansebastianspain.info/

http://www.basquecountry-tourism.com/

http://www.bbc.com/travel/spain

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g187511-La_Rioja-Vacations.html

http://www.europeupclose.com/

http://www.esmadrid.com/en/portal.do

http://www.francetourism.com/

www.gogoparis.com.

www.paris.fr/english

http://www.bigfoodsmallworld.blogspot.com.au/2010/07/put-spike-in-it-pintxos-in-san.html

http://www.alacarteparis.com/files/10_mistakes_Paris_visitors_must_avoid.pdf

http://www.holiday-gites-dordogne.com/perigord_noir.php

http://www.visitlondonimages.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/BOVFrontEnd.woa

www.girlsguidetoparis.com