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From one sort of 'mad' to another
... left Figueras and headed toward the most eastern point of Spain to see the lighthouse, where we had lunch before returning to the fishing village of Cadaques and to the home of Dali.
Now a museum, it is easy to see the inspiratation in nature that Dali used in much of his work. Only allowing a few people in at a time, the house was a very interesting place to visit. The land around the house was used for live groves and much artwork ...
Olot and Besalu
... you could not enter; instead, there was a meter at the door where you could insert a Euro which would turn the lights on in the Cathedral for 3 minutes - during this time you were supposed to peer in through the dark glass on the doors. Very strange! There was also a strange (but cool) museum of 'minature things' which you had to look through microscopes to see properly. For example, when you looked closely at the eye of one of the needles, there was a tiny caravan of camels in it.
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Girona
From Barcelona, we headed north to the city of Girona, which is a small city of about 100,000 people. It's the Ryanair hub for Barcelona (flights to Barcelona fly to Barcelona-Girona), despite the city being some 1.5 hours from Barcelona by high-speed train (150km/h).
Girona is a compact city: all sights can be seen in a 30 minute walk by foot. It has a mostly-intact old ...
Old friend, good times!
Picked up the camper van today after a huge delay...I guess they were working on Spanish time. We were supposed to get it at 1030am so we left Alex's house in time to get there, on the way though we got the text saying that the people who had it before us parked it illegally and it had got towed and sent to the municipal something or other. So in the mean time we baked ourselves ...
Imitating Italy!!
Today it was my turn to drive, little did I know we would be taking Barcelona's 'M25'! Although the lanes were thinner than the M25 and it also included a tunnel network! It was roughly 150km, so didn't take us too long. Girona is 36km inland and we watched Skody's temp gauge gradually rise from ...


