Walking around Banoyles Lake

On Wednesday, Mike and I took a bus to Banoyles, a small town about 40 minutes from Girona. Our plan was to walk around the natural lake located in a tectonic depression.It is where the 1992 Olympic Rowing Championships and earlier in September this year, the World Masters Rowing Championships were held there. The walk was very beautiful with different vegetation and signposts (unfortunately in Spanish) explaining the vegetation and animals. Some similarities like saliva, iris' poplar trees, robins, hoopoe etc. All along the one side of the lake, there are about 20 little structures called pesqueres. They were initially built as places to store fishing gear. Over time, they were modified by wealthy families for pleasure and sport. There are many viewing points along the route, and on the west side, there is a Romanesque church that dates back to the 12th century. It has been declared a national heritage site. We cut through the bus back and joined Carla and David for beers and bagels at a small restaurant of the same name. They introduced us to a new game, "exploding kittens." We watched the setting sun and also spotted a family of invasive rodents from S. America in the Onyar R. Yet another interesting dayLeggi altro