Costa Brava July 10 - 14

We entered Spain from two nice nights in France. We had slowly made our way from Italy along the southern coast of France to Spain. Our ultimate goal was Barcelona to watch the game, but as I mentioned in the World Cup entry, that was not a good choice, so we headed to the Spanish Riviera – Costs Brava.

Before heading to the coast, we made a brief visit to Girona. We wandered around the old town looking at the town wall, many old buildings, beautiful narrow streets that meander through the town and the old cathedral.





After our short stop in Girona, we headed for a small town named Palamos. A little less touristy than some of the other areas. We settled in a camp ground overlooking the Mediterranean. It is a fantastic camp ground within walking distance to the town and the beach. It’s also one of the most expensive camp grounds we have stayed at. We discussed it as a family and decided we were a bit tired and would use this as a rest stop for a little R & R. It takes a little while to get on Spanish time, all the shops and stores are closed from 2:00 pm- 5:00 pm. Restaurants (not that we went to any due to budget issues) didn’t open until 8:00 pm or 9:00 pm.





The four days spent here were not very exciting, but they were very enjoyable. We bought a beach umbrella and paddle ball and put them to good use. We headed to the beach for four or five hours each day, swam in the pool for another hour or two and then walked to the market to buy food to cook for dinner and did a little bit of other shopping. Because we didn’t have to pay for sites, we splurged a bit on the grocery side and had some very nice meals here.

We view both saturday and sundays World Cup finals here as I mentioned in my World Cup entry.

On the 14th we headed for Madrid and camped in a small town just outside of Madrid so that we could get Tim to his hotel for his two week Pueblo Ingles program. After almost 300 days together 24/7, it felt a bit strange to just drop your 15 year old son off at a hotel in Madrid and say we will see you in two weeks.

~Jeff~