Balneari Vichy Catalan Girona

Day 3, 4<br><br>Day 3 I wasn't traveling at all, I was busy working, However on the forth day I managed to go to a town not far from Barcelona called Lloret de Mar. It is a new town located just near the seashore, with wonderful forests at the same time. There are a lot of hotels there for every type of traveler. <br><br ...

... rock and rocke&#8217;s cafe which is a hybrid Spanish coffee shop with bocadillos (Spanish sandwiches) and beer/espressos playing smooth jazz and 50&#8217;s rock, satellite tv playing the current euro football match (that&#8217;s soccer to we yanks/americanos) but for some strange reason the 49er game is playing right now! They make an interesting pizza called cruji coques (croo-jee coke-es), large squares that comes with a little medieval mallet with a ...

Hey!<br><br>Sorry, it´s been a while, I´ve been really busy! Had a great time in madrid, settled in after a few days and had loads of fun. Learnt lots of spanish as well, and met some great people.Also, I´m 22 now, which makes me old and responsible. Kinda sad to leave madrid, as it was a really great city to live in, but now here I am in Catalonia.<br><br>Granollers is a pretty nice town, lots of shops in a pedestrianised centre. The ...

... and very promising until we got out of the car and explored. The village is obviously quite new, and rents must be high, as the prices were high too! How disappointing. We returned to the car with time on our hands and made a decision to visit Tossa De Mar.<br><br>Chris &amp; Milly had stayed at Tossa on a previous visit to Spain and raved about it, so we set ...

... Alison bought a small leather change purse for &#8364;2 to replace her stolen wallet. Then it was back to enjoy the pool at the timeshare. We spent a very relaxing day enjoying each others company, sunbathing in the heat of the day, before heading back to Girona airport with Chris &amp; Milly at night, so that they could catch their flight back to London. Our farewells weren&#8217;t too teary, as we knew we would see them again in two weeks, in Auckland.

The timeshare (Port de Rei) is situated a short distance out of the town of L'Escala. We drove through town following Dora&#8217;s directions, but were not too sure where we were headed, eventually ending up outside a large building built on a rugged coast overlooking the Mediterranean. Our plan was to inform the manager of our late arrival (on the next day) and then head towards Girona where we were to pick up Chris &amp; Milly who were joining us for the ...

... and also you can do a lot of activities. So we thought that we could speak about our surroundings that we know very well and perhaps that can help the people who wants to visit our region.<br>We hope you will enjoy, the nature, landscape and monuments from the Alt Empordà - Girona - Spain.<br><br>Come and discover them!<br><br>

escribo esto tirado en las playas catalanes. A la derecha, la muralla. <br>A la izquierda, la Minerva. Es la playa principal de Tossa de Mar, <br>medirá aproximadamente 200 metros de extencion y de la calle al mar <br>habrá unos 100 metros.<br>Esta muy bueno acá, hay sol pero no molesta, hace calor pero no <br>agobiante.<br>la parte urbana es pequeña pero muy linda, con callejuelas y todo muy <br>cerca!<br>desp escribo desde la muralla!

... nice and sunny as we passed up a few towns up to the base of the climb. This climb is 18km 8-9.5%. The climb is a long and twisty road up thru some ski towns, across some ski hills and eventually up to the top. By the time we reached the top it was getting foggy again but not too cold. There was lots or riders out today. We were getting funny looks as we were the only people riding up with panniers on our bikes all others were ...

... the fact that there is essentially a one-to-one currency ratio between Europe and Canada (i.e. - a bottle of water costing $1 in Canada costs 1 Euro), it's a relative bargain. At least, that's how I justified it to myself! Anyway, check out the pics for a complete play-by-play. <br><br>It wasn't quite what we expected ... but still an unforgettable experience. The best way to describe it is to say that it felt like we ...