Puerta De Espana Girona
Carretera N-II, n0 68, La Jonquera Girona, Catalonia, 17700, Spain and Canary Islands
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From one sort of 'mad' to another
... none of his more famous works were displayed in the museum, but we did find the originals of one of the lithographs we have at home, not to mention an incredible painting of his wife, looking through the window at the sea scape outside - that is, until you put the camera to your eye and you can see something different. No matter what I did, I could not get my photo to show what I was actually seeing - such was the brilliance of this ...
Trips from Lagrasse
... nearby Cadaques, where we’d stayed in 2008, for dinner. The meal was ordinary but it was great fun to have had lunch in France, dinner in Spain and then be back 'home’ in France well before midnight.
Our second Spanish trip was a little more organised. Completing the ‘Dali triangle’ had been on our to-do list for the past three years. We’d previously seen his house in Port Lligat and his Theatre-Museum in Figueres, so all that ...
Olot and Besalu
... There are three volcanic craters in the town, but these turned out to be pretty but not as interesting as we'd hoped. While the town was nice, we quickly decided there wouldn't be much to keep us occupied for the rest of the day, and therefore our time would be better spent by going to another town close by - Besalu.
This was the right decision, because Besalu is a goregous little town (population of less than 5,000), with a romanic bridge at its centre. There was a cathedral, ...
Old friend, good times!
... the beach waiting for the van to arrive and the keys to be handed over.
When we got it we were off......Tony and I and Alex, and wouldn’t you know it the van was rainbow coloured, poor Tony, that’s the only thing he said he didn’t want. So he drove off in the amazing techno-coloured camper van. Girona here we come.
Arriving in Girona only about ...
Day 11 - Carcassonne to Tamariu
... headed south - and up.
I thoroughly enjoyed the rural, twisty roads through the foothills of the Pyrenees, but Ian (I found out later) not so much. I can sympathize with him, as it wasn't a trip I would have enjoyed as a kid. I stopped at a super market to pick up some road snacks before we really started ascending. Before too long, ...



