The Costa Brava

We rented a house from Pam and Brian, an English couple who had got stuck in a place called L'Estartit. I think the abundant vegetation of Brians verandah may have contributed to their 'stuckness'. Impressive to this agricultural scientist anyway. The place itself was a resort town, busy in Summer and virtually deserted in Winter. We were there somewhere in between.

I guess we are a little spoilt with beaches, and I mean no offense to any Spaniards, but there were people lying on potting mix! Every little gust of wind and things looked like a car on a country road. Anyway we had a few swims in the cool water but decided that perhaps visiting villages may be a better thing to do. Pam convinced us to go and have a look at some of the smaller beaches cut into the steep cliffs along the coast just north and we were rewarded with a beautiful little black sand (pebble) beach with a nice little bar on it (along with some micro swimwear)
The next day we decided to visit some of the medieval villages perched on the surrounding hilltops. Now we definately don't have this in Australia! Beautifully conserved and built to last - not much fibro or gyprock to be seen at all. The boys revelled in the sense of history - even if it was a comparison to 'Bob the Builders one hour medieval DVD' which is a good show...for the first twenty times or so anyway. If we were only to know how many medieval villages we were going to see...

Cadaques...the most eastern village in Spain. France is just over the hill. So is the World Cup!

As a little footnote we also found a winery that sold a fair drop for 1 euro a litre...tasted pretty good once you got to the second litre.