Lots and lots of pictures (mostly of interesting floral installations so if that is not your thing maybe don’t click?) are HERE!
6:00pm: back to the hotel for a quick break before an 8:00pm reservation in Girona. Got out of the airbnb early in Barcelona and took the green metro line to the station. There is security and ticket-checkin in Spain’s train stations so it was good we left plenty of time.
We arrived in Girona on the fast train in just over a half hour and took a aquick taxi up into the old town to the hotel. The room wasn’t ready yet but we left our bags and set around town. The flower festival is going on and there are crazy floral installations all around the city, on the streets, in churches and museums, etc. All the museums have free entry so we wandered around in and out of things, including the Jewish history museum, which was pretty interesting. The city is crazy insanely busy - presumably because of this festival. I am hoping it empties out a bit in the evening and that most of the people are here on tours/day trips. We were getting a little hangry since we had breakfast so early and most of the better places do not seem to serve lunch until at least 1:00pm so we found Tony’s, a bit more touristy but more than adequate. We had a meat and cheese plate, olives, tomato bread, cheese croquettes, and patatas bravas. We then trekked, and I mean trekked, uphill to the hotel and checked in. The room is sparse and definitely in need of refurbishment, but its location right by the cathedral is great, it has a fridge, and it is big.
After a quick rest, we made it to the Arab Baths, which are one of the most important sights in the city, and were also totally decorated in flowers with free entrance. There was still a line but it moved quickly. We then wandered around a bit, hit the ATM, made a dinner reservation tonight at a typical local restaurant, and sat down for a glass of cava. I wanted to get an ice cream at the same place in Barcelona we went a couple times, but the line was Salt & Straw long and who needs that. And now it’s time for a pre-dinner rest!
10:30pm: Back from a simple, traditional Catalan dinner at Casa Marieta. They actually had salad on the menu and I took that opportunity to consume some raw vegetables! I also had roast chicken and we split a 12 euro bottle of the house cava with their own label on it. We then got ice cream one more time at Rocambloesc, which is based here and had no line at 9:30pm. The town was generally very quiet tonight and that was a relief. We took some nighttime pictures of the lit flowers at the cathedral and then came back for an early-ish night after a long day!
Today’s totals: 22,375 steps and 8.9 miles, and a lot of “active minutes!”
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