Month: March 2018

This is where we spent the night last night., in the castle Parador of Cordona.

And this is where we are tonight. In a lovely little four room inn on the side of a mountain in the small country of Andorra.

It was a relaxing day enjoying the scenery and taking it easy.

From our view overlooking the reservoir of Sau we drove into the town of Vic and parked. We walked around the town in the rain marveling at the beautiful old buildings. This Roman temple was built in the first century AD.

Duke bought some communion wafers left overs from an enclosed convent. He never saw the nun who sold him the bag. It was all done through a evolving serving hatch

Everywhere we looked we saw Catalonian separatist signs.

After a coffee in Vic we drove to Cordona where we are staying in a Parador in a castle high above the town. After checking in we had fun exploring the castle from its base to the top of the tower.

For dinner Duke and I started with a cheeses and nut plate.

We had veal and beef for our main course.

For desert I had strawberry with cheese ice cream and Duke had cottage cheeses with honey.

Our first stop this morning was at the Dali Museum in Figueroa. Dali created the museum as a monument for his work.

From Figueres we drove to our Parador outside of Vic. We overlook Sau reservoir and tree covered mountains.

For dinner we ate in the Parador. Duke and I had octopus.

With chocolate mousse for desert.

We are staying in a hotel near Roses, Catalonia that was originally an old farmhouse built in 1582.

Today we drove about thirty miles east to visit the house where Salvador Dali lived for more than forty years. The house is as he left it after his wife died. It is small, quirky and in a beautiful setting on the edge of the Mediterranean.

After enjoying the house and garden we drove into the nearby town of Cadaqués for lunch. The day started overcast but turned sunny. We sat in an outdoor restaurant by the beach and enjoyed our lunch and the scenery while we people watched the Saturday visitors.

Back at our hotel we napped then played bridge until it was time for dinner.

For dinner we went to another great restaurant in Roses recommended by the hotel owner. At Falconera We shared a fig salad, I had a fish stew and Duke had cuttlefish. The prawns and anchovies were local.

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Before we left Tortosa this morning we walked down to the old town to see the market and to find the bomb shelter that is a museum of the civil war. The bomb shelter was closed but we still had fun wandering around.

Around noon we headed to Barcelona Airport, turned in our rental car, and rented a bigger car. About four pm Ray and Linda arrived. We have been friends forever and are really looking forward to two weeks exploring Spain with them together.

From the airport we headed north almost to the French border where we are staying in a hotel that looks like an old farm house. We arrived here after dark and headed into town to a restaurant called Rom Taverna. We could hear waves and by looking at the map we could tell we were on the water but we couldn’t see anything. The meal was great!