Just Hours in and We Love Barcelona Already
Saturday, September 4th, 2004: Barcelona, Spain N 41 E 002 St. Jean de la blaquiere to Barcelona: 353 kilometers Spain welcomes us in the early afternoon as we drive south and cross the border, past the Costa Brava and into...
A 2 Day Drive to Vacation from Vacation
Friday, September 17th, 2004: Valencia, Spain N 39 W 000 Granada to Valencia: 567 kilometres The Costa Brava is north of Barcelona on the Mediterranean, and today we begin 2 days of driving, stopping in Valencia for the night...
A Spanish Villa for a Week.
Saturday, September 18th, 2004: Calonge, Spain N 41 E 003 Valencia to Calonge: 457 kilometres The roundabout outside our hotel takes us right to the highway. Valencia was a sleep over stop for us, breaking our 1000 kilometre trip...
Lazy Sunday on the Costa Brava
Sunday, September 19th, 2004: A beautiful day, perfect blue sky! We all sit by the pool, looking down the hill at the Mediterranean but not moving. Finally, late in the afternoon, David and I head into town to try to find some...
Great Vacation Buddies
Tuesday, September 21st, 2004: Calonge, Spain Our days are filled with doing nothing. It is unusually overcast today but that doesn’t stop us from diving into our books or reading the papers. Our usual perch is the tiled...
Lunching and People Watching on The Costa Brava
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2004: Calonge, Spain After 3 days of doing nothing, today is the day to venture farther afield, to Tossa de Mar, with a beautiful wide sandy beach and a castle on the headland that was built between...
Lunching on a Spanish Terrace
Friday, September 24th, 2004: Calonge, Spain It is our last full day in our “home for a week”. Although the sky is cloudy when we wake, it clears while we are breakfasting on the terrace, and we have yet another perfect day. Not...
Letters from St. Fréchoux:
Sunday, September 26th, 2004: St. Fréchoux, France N 43 E 003 Calonge to St. Fréchoux: 267 kilometres Dear Gary: Bet you are sorry you closed the pool so early this year! We hear you are having a wonderful September. Say hi to...