Tues 25th Feb 2014
Heard a car pull up in the
lay-by at approx. 2.30am! Jess and David were fast asleep so I lay there
listening in fright! After a while it left and it took me a fair while to get
back off to sleep! Woke up to fresh snow on the mountains (thought it had been
cold in the night!) and watched the sun rise over them - it was magnificent.
Set off for L’Estartit at about 8.30am - I bet Jane & Laura are fed up
waiting for us! Jane is off work for the whole month of Feb and it’s now the 25th!
(Sorry Jane). I started to get very excited and emotional when I saw the Roca
Maura and saw signs towards Torroella de Montgri´ and L’Estartit. Arrived at
Janes apartments at about 10.30am and walked up the steps to surprise them.
Teresa (Janes sister was there too and I didn’t recognise her!) I hugged Jane
so hard and we all had a few tears. After a short time it was like I had only
seen them yesterday! And it felt like I had always known Laura even though we
had never met. We walked to the Supermarket (which wasn’t here 26 years ago!)
then had a drink along the sea front at Kim’s Bar. Back at the apartment they
had cooked us a gorgeous Spanish meal (pork potatoes sausage saffron with bread
and salad) which we enjoyed on the terrace of our apartment they have let us
use in brilliant sunshine - What fantastic friends we have (again). We then unloaded Priscilla with almost
everything out of her (even the fridge & freezer) and drove up the hill to
park opposite Teresa & Edwards place (they were building this house last
time we saw it!) Priscilla is safer up here as Jane’s road is very narrow with
restricted parking. We locked her up and said goodbye for a while and went into
Teresa and Edwards’s house for coffee. The views from their house are fantastic
- looking right down across the town to the beautiful sea and beach below. Back
to Jane’s apartment as the Internet doesn’t quite reach our apartment to do
some blogging. Jane & Laura are cat lovers and like to rescue/save cats and
they now have 11 of them!! They also go out every night to feed the street
cats! Landed up staying all evening with them and shared yummy tortillas with
garlic, tomato, salt & olive oil rubbed on toasted bread. Another long day
and it felt very strange (but good) to get into a proper bed in our lovely
apartment. I cannot really believe I am here having worked here 30 years ago! And
very much looking forward to spending some time exploring and reminiscing as it
really was a time when I did have “the time of my life”.
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| Roca Maura |
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| Nearly there |
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| Illes Medes |
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| Me and my Jane |
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| Kims Bar |
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| Priscilla parked safely for a while |
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| View from Teresa & Edwards |
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