We had wanted to take a bus tour to an old Roman city and to the Dali museum in Figueres, but we never managed to find/buy tickets. We decided to just show up and see if we could pay there. The bus was leaving at 8:30, so we left with plenty of time and arrived at the meeting spot with 30 minutes to spare. After a minute or two without a plan, we managed to get ourselves onto the bus and headed north to the town of Girona.
We arrived in Girona and started the day off with a walking tour of the city. The city has a cathedral with the widest nave in Europe, except St. Peter’s I believe. It has Roman walls that they have kept in great shape and a Jewish Quarter with staircases for streets. The guide was entertaining and knowledgeable and we thought the tour was well done. Afterwards, we stopped at a café for sandwiches and patatas bravas. We had a little time before we had to get on the bus so we decided to tour the cathedral. It’s an impressive space. It’s a gothic cathedral and coming from Sagrada Familia, the different styles make it hard to believe they are used for the same purpose. It was dark and fairly simple except for the 15 or so chapels. Makes you appreciate Gaudi’s use of light.
We got back on the bus and made our way up to Figueres for the Dali museum. It was packed with class tours and the kids were beyond obnoxious. I’m not one to find kids annoying just because they’re kids. And I don’t entirely blame them. The museum isn’t exactly appropriate for middle school kids or even some high school boys. We could have spent more time going through it but we had to get out of there. I like some of Dali’s stuff and the museum was definitely impressive, but I don’t think I’d ever hang it in my own house. We grabbed gelato on the street and hopped on the bus back to Barcelona.
When we got back to town it was time for dinner so we decided to do a tapas bar crawl. We stopped at 4 different places and ate things we didn’t know the name of. I got to speak French to another lady who was questioning some of the menu items. Felt good to not feel totally lost by a foreign language, if only for a minute.
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