Marcus Leadley - Photos
April 05

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Arrival at Kent International Airport
Thursday 21st April, 09:05
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The massive airport. See the distance between the car park and the entrance. There were just 4 check-ins and only 28 people on our flight.
Thursday 21st April 09:08

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We went anti-clockwise from Gerona to Cadaqués, El Port de la Selva, Figueres, Besalú, Banyoles, Santa Pau. We walked to Olot and then headed back to Gerona from Santa Pau.
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After leaving luggage at our hotel in the
Barri Vell (Pensió Viladomat) we had a fantastic menu del dia at Le Bistro. The dessert, mel i mató, was of a texture I've never before experienced! I liked all the little details in Spain that are well done, that there were goldfish in this garden underneath the city wall.
Thursday 21st Apri 16:45:03
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Gerona's Jardins dels Alemanys from the city walls.
Thursday 21st April 16:45


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Gerona's Jardins dels Alemanys from the city walls.
Thursday 21st April 16:45
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Marcus listening to the echo of his clap in the tall corner of the city wall complex. Thursday 21st April
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View of Gerona from the city wall. We weren't overwhelmed by the new University - the building in the foreground. Here's an example the opposite to the goldfish one, the little details here, such as the materials used for the roof, were wrong and the building didn't work in it's context.
Thursday 21st April 17:00

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Marcus and Gerona from the city wall. Ah mountains, I've been living too long in a flat city!
Thursday 21st April 17:01
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The Sant Feliu and the river Onyar from the iron bridge, built by the people who built the Eiffel Tower - the Pont de les Peixeteries Velles. Thursday 21st April 20:30
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The Pont de les Peixeteries Velles, Gerona.
Thursday 21st April 20:30
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The Cathedral, Gerona
Thursday 21st April 21:10
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We wandered around El Call, the old jewish quarter, and we didn't see another soul. Out of tourist season it felt as if we had the place to ourselves.
Thursday 21st April

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The Cathedral by moonlight. Thursday 21st April
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Our Pension was roughly opposite these two interesting shops. Moriscot had some weird and wonderful sausages but lost credibility slightly due to the Marmite in the shop window (along with the liquer with pickled baby rats - I mean it!).
Friday 22nd April
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We spent ages looking for this little fellow in the Plaça del Vi. The guide book mentioned the face of an ursurper, or userer, who was turned to stone. I was keen to find him as rubbing his nose will cancel all your debt. Unfortunately he's about 3metres high and I couldn't reach and thought it might look a bit desperate if I climbed on Marcus' shoulders, so I will have to continue to live in debt.
Friday 22nd April

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After a VERY rich hot chocolate for breakfast a backwards look at Gerona en route to the car hire place. We liked Girona.
Friday 22nd April 10:27

 
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En route to Cadaqués
Friday 22nd April 13:27
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En route to Cadaqués
Friday 22nd April 13:29
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Cadaqués
A nice little port famous because Dalí used to kick about here with Gala and his arty friends. I didn't want to spend all day here because there were too many tourists and it reminded me of the Greek islands, and I've been to nicer, quieter towns there. When we sat on the road side for 10 minutes we heard English and French voices pass us more regularly than Castillian Spanish or Catalan. In the car park 5 of every 6 cars were from France. I think part of the charm of this place is the context - so many other costal towns in the Costa Brava have aparently become dominated by large hotel blocks and tourists on sandy beaches, in that context this place must be very charming. As we didn't bother going to those other towns we missed that context.
Friday 22nd April
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Cadaqués
Friday 22nd April 14:10
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Cadaqués
Friday 22nd Apri

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