David and Jo's Adventures: The Costa Brava

Wed 26^th Feb 2014

What a great night-Phase 10

Great friends & a great night

Great night’s sleep was had by all. We set off in 2 cars today with Teresa & Edward, Jane & Laura for what turned out to be a fantastic day with them being our personal guided tour leaders! With all the history and local information about everything shared - brilliant. Our first stop was in the small village of Vilajuiga for coffee - great price E10 for 6 coffees and 1 tea. It was a majestic drive to our next stop at the Monastery de Sant Pere de Rodes. It dates back to the 6^th century! But most of it was built in the 10^th/11^th centuries. It was stunning - the Monks certainly knew how to take advantage of the views! Onto Cadaqués - a very pretty sea side town with white washed buildings and blue water. There was so much to look at as we wondered around and then went into the church on the hill with its gold alter. Then another scenic drive to the most easterly part of Spain - Cap De Crus. A lot of Spaniards’ go here on New Year’s Eve to watch the sun rise on New Year’s Day to celebrate with the traditional communal Sardana dance. We had a delicious picnic here of chick pea salad, baguettes with Spanish sausage, wine and traditional biscuits. The views were marvellous and the sun had been out all day for us but it had just started to cloud over. A short stop was made at Portlligat to see where Salvador Dali once lived. Edward and his parents once lived here and Edward can remember having tea with Mrs Dali. Drove back into L’Estartit and stopped at a Lidls supermarket to only be recognised (as soon as he saw me!) by Peter (Calypso Diving Boat Charter) after 30 years! Did some blogging back at the apartment before heading up to Teresa & Edwards for a lovely evening and a gorgeous curry dinner and Phase 10. It was a really late night as we had so much fun and fell into bed at about 2am!