After the horizontal rain and wind yesterday evening we had a quiet but chilly night. Another blanket was required so we could be digging the duvet out of storage soon.
With the sun shining it looked like a good day for getting a load of washing done and dried outside (just as well because both tumble dryers were out of action today). Instead of going back to the apartment to wait for the washing to be done we found a beach side seat to just soak up the sun and watch the world go by.
The beach tractor had been busy digging trenches to help the mini flood on the prom drain away. It then went back to its beach cleaning.
My beach side slumber was disturbed by what I had thought was a leaf falling on my head. But with no tree above me further investigation unearthed a Nerf gun 'bullet' (small foam missiles shot from a children's pop gun). Looking around at first we couldn't see where it came from and then spotted a young Spanish boy bewildered that he couldn't see where he'd shot his bullet. We soon happily reunited him with it.
After we'd got our washing hung out and a baguette lunch packed up Ian suggested a trip to Besalu which was inland on the other side of Figueres. Not a place we'd been to before so a bit of an adventure.
Imagine my surprise to find that it wasn't just a town but a pretty impressive medieval town. Much if the town dates back to the 19th century and there were also examples of a Roman black smiths.
The bridge is built on natural rock in the river which is why it was a dog leg shape.
I don't think this 'hat' is quite my style 😄
Lots of cobbled streets, old town walls and impressive churches on our route around town.
We enjoyed a Menu a Dias in a restaurant in the main town square. A very Catalonian town so we relied on our basic Spanish. I ordered what I thought was going to be cheese cake and ended up with a sort of creme caramel and Ian thought he was getting a crema catalana (like a creme brulee) and ended up with a caramel gateau. Basically we need to revisit our BBC Learn Spanish CD chapter on ordering desserts 😅!
Spotted on our walk around town - it even had a passenger seat behind the driver's seat. Not sure where any luggage would go.
In Spain they celebrated DÃa de Los Muertos or Day of the Dead yesterday. This Spanish holiday allows families across Spain to celebrate their departed loved ones and is a time for joy and celebration. On our walk we came across a cemetery and could see all the colourful flowers and pictures that had been recently displayed. It seems that in Spain the dead are stored rather than buried - we have seen a few cemeteries very similar to this one.
We managed to time our visit perfectly as it just started to drizzle as we headed back to Rolo for our drive back. There was even a quick geocache find in the car park that was just too convenient to miss.
A very enjoyable day especially as I hadn't expected the town to be so interesting and we had lunch out. Ready made baguettes for tea!
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