Tarragona

My brother Ernie had met us by chance the day before on the bus from Tarragona to La Mora. We spent the evening getting settled in our shared apartment Airbnb. We all slept in after our days of travelling and woke up to have tea on the outside porch . The weather here in Tarragona seems to be warm but cloudy. After breakfast on the beach we set out to explore the trail to Castile de Tamarit where the wedding takes place.

There was groups of kids having a marvelous time on the beach. They were swimming, playing volleyball and generally having fun. It seems like kids in Spain have much more fun on school field trips than kids at home.
The trail at the end of the beach took us up and down through pine forests. It was quite rocky in spots and we decided probably not suitable to negotiate in our wedding attire despite the trail being short.
The Castile de Tamarit was a marvelous looking structure of stone. From our Tarragona side we could see an infinity swimming pool so it was only a short stretch of imagination to think what the castle was like inside. The castle was built on the point of land as a strategic site to ward off pirates on the Mediterranean. The castle was started in the 11th century and then in the 12th century a Romanesque tower was built. Thereafter it was taken over by Saracens and eventually abandoned due to a bout of malaria. It was bought and modernized with electricity and water. Nowadays it is only used for private functions such as weddings.
Around the corner of the point there was a long beach. Walking along all of a sudden I heard "Trudy" and it was Michelle my sister-Iaws twin sister. We joined she, husband Craig and friends Listera and Doug at the cafe and had great chats about the Camino, metal detecting and the wedding.
Then we went to a small pocket beach just off the castle. Ernie had a swim and we watched groups of kids in wet suits going off swimming and jumping off the rocks. Soon it was getting to be the time to get ready for the pre-wedding meet and greet so we wandered back, taking in views of the Mediterranean.
At about 6:30 we caught a bus to Caladonia Campground. It appeared that we were the first people at the affair so checked out this very posh "camping" area which was nothing like campgrounds we have at home with cabins and a party venue complete with screen and sound system.
Liz and I ended up sitting with Michell and Craig and Listra and Doug then there was Kathryn and Russ. There was lots of great Latin dance music and soon everybody was up dancing! Ernie snapped photos and we all partied until after 11pm. We met Alex's family and friends who were all fantastic dancers. Alex and Emily had a wonderful time as did Hugh and Giselle.
We had decided to walk home and followed Google's suggested path. Big mistake as it followed a busy road with no lights and not much of a shoulder. We had to use our cell phone light to find our way and warn oncoming cars. Eventually we got off the highway and onto a quiet safe road and back to the Airbnb.Leia mais