Avignon day 2
2023年12月11日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Grey but dry so back to yesterday’s plan A. The Popes’s Palace, cathedral and gardens.
Pont D’Avignon
2023年12月11日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Walked down from the gardens on top of the rock along the ramparts and went on the bridge. Only 4 of an original 22 arches left.
Avignon Bears
2023年12月11日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
This place seems to have a fixation with bears here is a few!
On the Move Avignon - Narbonne
2023年12月12日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Short train trip today. Been out for breakfast; found a place serving bacon, egg and cheese muffins. Not McDonalds but a lovely French cafe on a square.
Having a last cup of tea before heading outもっと詳しく
Narbonne Day 1
2023年12月13日, フランス ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
Paul still suffering with his cold so a slow start. Short walk to the market hall for a look round and breakfast.
No walking tours here today so got a suggested walk from the tourist office yesterdayもっと詳しく
Narbonne Day 2 Day Trip to Carcassonne
2023年12月14日, フランス ⋅ 🌬 7 °C
9.00am Eating pastries waiting for the train to pull out. Still strong winds now and some rain expected later.
9.44am yes rain arrived right on cue. Having a coffee before venturing onward.
Managedもっと詳しく
Gruissan - a day at the beach
2023年12月15日, フランス ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
As in our previous post, we took the number eight bus to Gruissan and we were pleasantly surprised. We took a second bus to the plage. The sea was out so there was a great long beach. We then walkedもっと詳しく
On the Move Narbonne - Barcelona
2023年12月16日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
A later train today so, having packed, we are back at the market for a pain de raisin and coffee. They have live jazz here this morning so listening to a few tunes and chilling.
Caught the train andもっと詳しく
Thoughts on Avignon and Narbonne
2023年12月16日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Two medium sized French towns both with historic centres. Of the two Avignon with its complete city walls, bridge and palace is the more celebrated. Maybe that is why to us Narbonne seemed theもっと詳しく
Barcelona Day 1
2023年12月17日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
View out of our window. Not great but the the sun is shining, the bed is comfortable and breakfast was help yourself and varied. Even a sort of approximation of a full English.
Today going to be aもっと詳しく
Barcelona Day 2
2023年12月18日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Been out for breakfast. Plenty of small cafes locally doing breakfast which we prefer to do.
Think buying a kettle is in our plans for today. We have teabags from our travels and will make life thatもっと詳しく
Harbour Trip in Barcelona
2023年12月18日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Well guess what we went on a Barcelona harbour trip today, last one of the day at 17.00. The sun was setting and it was cold but it was brilliant. As well as going out to sea it also took us to theもっと詳しく
Barcelona Day 3
2023年12月19日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Seems warmer today. Down at the beach before going in the Admiral’s Cup Experience. Beach here goes on and on.
America Cup Experience interesting but would have liked a few more physical exhibits.もっと詳しく
Barcelona Day 4
2023年12月20日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Well what a to do. After a late night we started slow and at around 11.30 were sitting down just off the harbour waiting for our English breakfast to arrive. So far so good. Then up pops a reminder onもっと詳しく
Sagrada Familia
2023年12月20日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Last time we went was more than 20 years ago. Our memory was shuffling round a building site and being underwhelmed by the experience. Today was so different. After getting through the airport styleもっと詳しく
Barcelona Day 5 Day Trip to Zaragoza
2023年12月21日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Waiting for the train. Very busy and again airport style security. Oddly it is less strict than for SF yesterday. Very busy. We are on a later train than we wanted as no seat reservations when weもっと詳しく
Barcelona Day 6 Washing Day
2023年12月22日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Couple of well deserved beers after getting all our washing done and dried. Drinking Nos. 3 and 8.
The laundrette was very good. Completely automated, could pay by card and it came with Englishもっと詳しく
Sagrada Familia - Nativity light show
2023年12月22日, スペイン ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
As we were near it Paul thought it would be nice to see if it was lit at night. When we got to the Square it was lit and Paul took a couple of photos. There were a lot of people hanging about withもっと詳しく
Barcelona Day 7
2023年12月23日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Breakfast was a long time ago. Waiting for a toasted sandwich after walking from the top of Montjuic back into the City. Went over from the Port to halfway up via the cable car. Wonderful views on theもっと詳しく
Barcelona Day 8 Christmas Eve
2023年12月24日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Neither of us feeling so well today. Paul had heartburn in the night and I just feel a bit bleugh. Too many strong coffees. Decided to forgo an early drink in the craft beer place before it closed forもっと詳しく
Barcelona Day 9 - Christmas Day
2023年12月25日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Well it’s Christmas Day and we are sitting on a bench at the beach. The Spanish are doing what they do best, promenading. Sue still not very well but we thought we would come out for a stroll. Weもっと詳しく
Barcelona Day 10 - Off to the Park
2023年12月26日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Just had breakfast with a slow start to the day. Going to a park in the north of Barcelona which is designed by Gaudi
Reached the park but tickets to the inner park sold out. Sitting instead on aもっと詳しく
Barcelona Day 11
2023年12月27日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
So, on our way to the seafront decided to investigate the cemetery that was hidden behind a long, tall blank wall. Nothing like an English cemetery but very peaceful. The reason for the wall becameもっと詳しく
Catalan Parliament
2023年12月27日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Couldn’t pass up the chance of a Parliament tour. This one particularly interesting because of the ongoing tensions with Spain for greater independence. They have had some degree of autonomy severalもっと詳しく
On the Move Going Home
2023年12月28日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Done the packing so a last breakfast at our favourite boulangerie.
We don’t fly back till 7ish so have arranged a late checkout and a transfer early afternoon.
Had a last walk to the sea.もっと詳しく





































































































































































































































































































































