Day 14 - Blogabond

We decide to spend the morning at the beach and catch an afternoon train from Perpignan to Barcelona. Wouldn’t you know this is the first and only sold out train we would encounter, so we spent a couple of unplanned hours in Perpignan. Not a hot spot in southern France, we could see why everyone was trying to leave.
The eventual train ride to Barcelona was quite nice. First we crossed the Pyrenees Mountains, than as we entered Spain and changed trains in Port Bou, we traveled along the Spanish coast. Lots of great views of villages along the Mediterranean. Lots of wind turbines all along southern France and Spain. As a matter a fact, there are almost as many wind turbines as tower cranes in Spain. Paul was quite thrilled.

Upon arrival in Barcelona, we knew we were somewhere we would definitely like. At 10:00 PM it was a bustling, colorful, loud place. It seemed like everyone was out walking around. We quickly found a Tapas restaurant to start our epicurean tour of Spain. Mark liked the idea of being able to see what he was going to eat.
The whole choosing things to eat off a non English menu had him on a very limited diet. He found what appeared to be “little smokies” sausages and promptly ate 3 servings. They were even better than at home. The rest of us stretched our palates a bit more, though John avoided cuttle fish. PIC/SKC

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pscossette on July 1, 2007 from Barcelona, Spain

from the travel blog: The Cossette Family Sabbatical

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