Greetings,
Wow! What a trip! Spain is a beautiful country, and the people could not be nicer. Barcelona was great. We had a small B&B just a couple blocks off Las Ramblas. We saw La Segrada Famila, Park Guell, Casa Mila, tons of other stuff. We really packed in a lot of sight seeing in 3 days.
Yesterday we drove from Barcelona to Tudela and spent the night downtown in a hotel. We wandered around a bit and asked for a recommendation for a restaurant. We saw none while we were walking which was unusual because Barcelona had one every other shop. A young man not only told us where the best place in town was he also walked us there to make sure we would not get lost. The restaurants don´t open till 9:00 pm. We waited till 9 and were not dissapointed. The dinner was faboulous.
Today we drove to San Sebastian and found a wonderful little Casa Rurales on a cliff overlooking the ocean. It´s way up a long winding narrow road with steep drop offs. This place could not be more charming. Fortunately the drivers in Spain are very curteous. I made a few wrong turns, but Jeanie managed to get us back on the right track. She is a great navigator.
We got off the freeway in Tudela and traveled via country roads through small towns a villages. We stopped at one and had lunch. Again, we got there at 11:00 and lunch wasn´t till Noon. We had potatoe quiche which is typical for this Spain. Driving through the mountains was amazing in its beauty. The roads are really well kept and clean, as are the towns.
Tonight we are taking it easy and having left overs from last night and doing laundry. Jeanie nearly strangled me today when I drove past the llavandria. I promised her one when we got to the casa and boy was I releived when the owner showed us 2 washing machines and dryers. I´ve been redeamed for now.
Tomorrow we travel north to St. Jean de Luz, France. We are pinching ourselves, with the beauty of the country, the grace of the people, and our amazing luck in finding the best of it all.
Sorry no pictures. I can´t figure out how to upload them on this computer. But we do have some great ones.
Tell S-man I love him. Jeanie loves Mr. Wonderful.
Take care.
Joy
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