A few photos from Spain
February 25, 2012
Calpe rock and marina
Beautiful clear Mediterranean sea, Calpe Marina
East of the Rock
Girona Old Town
From the terrace of our hotel, the whole of Girona was at our feet (note the distant snowy Pyrennees!)
From minus 10 to plus 12
February 13, 2012
What a beautiful day’s drive we had today. From freezing and very windy Carcassonne along the motorway all the way down to the Mediterranean (which was looking pretty but rather choppy) and along towards Spain. Shortly before the border we turned off and took the coast road from France into Spain; a dizzying experience ( I don’t remember those drops from the roadside being quite that steep last time we were here), but the scenery was just stunning. Mount Canigou, the highest this end of the Pyrennees only had it’s top 20% covered in snow which was a surprise after the snow we’ve had back home, but the rest of the range was looking beautiful steeped in sunshine.
As we hit the French coast the temperature finally crept over zero degrees and as we came into Spain it climbed and climbed. Finally in Girona it made it up to 12 degrees. We checked into our hotel, abandoned the car and spent the afternoon walking and walking through the city; the old city, the commercial district and back.
It’s certainly time now for a cuppa, a long shower and then off to supper in the hotel restaurant.
Tomorrow we’ll be heading down toward the Costa Blanca and we will lose internet access for a week. Next update on our return, with photos I promise!
On the road again
February 12, 2012
One week of being snowed in, two weeks when the temperature has barely lifted it’s head over the minus five parapet (and that only once or twice in the middle of the day) and we’ve had enough, thank you.
Our bags are packed, we’re off to find something in the plus centigrades, hopefully in the teens too.
Tonight finds us in a little hotel in Carcassonne enjoying someone else’s heating bill and having our meal cooked by their electricity too. Tomorrow we are heading over the Pyrénées towards Girona for another lucky hotel night and a bit of retail therapy (we love Girona) then south to the Costa Brava where I am assured they have recovered from their shock minus one degree the other day and are now basking in the teens and lovely sunshine once again.
¡Hasta mañana, amigos !
