ФранцияOccitaniaPerpignanPerpignan Railway Station42°41’48” N 2°52’43” E
27 марта 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
After the Taxi of Pete got us to Leicester station nice and early, our luxury First Class tickets got us a light breakfast on board, before easily getting our Eurostar to Paris with no trouble.
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ИспанияCatalunyaFigueresParc-sol42°15’58” N 2°57’3” E
28 марта 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Today, we started by figuring out how to escape France. There was an option of a bus, but that looked slightly confusing. Instead, we discovered we could pay a wad of cash for the ONLY train to SpainЧитать далее
ИспанияCatalunyaFigueresBarri del Colobret42°15’56” N 2°57’2” E
29 марта 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Figueres: what an absolute delight!
We wandered into town, where it felt like EVERYTHING revolved around the crazy mind that was Salvador Dali.
He designed and indeed built the museum from the shellЧитать далее
ИспанияCatalunyaBarcelonael RavalJardins del Doctor Fleming41°22’48” N 2°10’17” E
30 марта 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Time to say farewell to our lovely host (with the help of Google Translate, of course!), to move on, to get to our hostel (#privateensuite!) in the heart of Barcelona.
Sad to leave, but so much to seeЧитать далее
ИспанияCatalunyaBarcelonaEixampleCasa Batlló41°23’30” N 2°9’53” E
31 марта 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
I was suffering some groin pain, but not walking was not an option: this was a day to wander about.
Christine was of the view that if my pain hadn’t eased by Montpellier, we would have to go home,Читать далее
ИспанияCatalunyaBarcelonaSagrada FamíliaPlaça de la Sagrada Família41°24’10” N 2°10’25” E
1 апреля 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Had a bit of a lie in, to rest the leg….and also considered buying a roller bag to avoid lugging my rucksack 😱
Then on to the spectacular Sagrada Familia. What a place. Just an amazingЧитать далее
ИспанияCatalunyaBarcelonael RavalJardins del Doctor Fleming41°22’48” N 2°10’17” E
2 апреля 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Last day here, so we headed to the funicular and went to visit the Miró Foundation: another very cool place to visit 😎 ….although his massive single line ‘triptic’ did make me feel I shouldЧитать далее
ИспанияValenciaTeatro Rialto39°28’17” N 0°22’36” W
3 апреля 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We left around 9am to find our train at Barcelona-Sants for Valencia.
One man at a ticket booth couldn’t understand why we wanted the slow train. Short answer was that train reservations wereЧитать далее
ИспанияValenciaTeatro Rialto39°28’18” N 0°22’36” W
4 апреля 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Got up for a rare hotel brekky, before setting out to walk all day - 22k steps ahead for us 😱
Started in the city centre, with the interesting Silk Museum, then on through the busy market and outЧитать далее
ИспанияCatalunyaUlldeconaUlldecona -Alcanar-La Senia40°35’44” N 0°26’56” E
5 апреля 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Our journey back north was interrupted by a bus replacement service…..the first of a few.
This one was a simple case of following the clear directions and joining back with the train a bit furtherЧитать далее
