Sunday, June 29, 2014

Day 14 -- Leaving Valderrobres



We had our hotel breakfast, which was the same each day -- 4 slices of jamon, 2 slices of cheese, 2 slices of regular ham, a bowl of pureed tomatoes, toasted bread, coffee, 4  pieces of pastry and a big jug of orange juice. At first we were not sure what to do with the tomato puree, but at the wedding we saw that they put a lot of it on the bread and eat this soaked bread with the jamon so that’s what we did. After breakfast and quick packing (stuff still in car) we set out.  The countryside in this part of Spain is beautiful. Green rolling hills and a few small hill-top villages.  We stopped at a large city (Tarragona).  It has a pretty historic area with quite a lot of well preserved Roman ruins, and a lovely cathedral.  We walked it for an hour.  Our next stop was our hotel in Castelldefels.  It is a beach city like Huntington Beach.  Our hotel is right on the beach.  It is 20 minutes from the Barcelona airport which was instrumental in the choice.  We walked the street along the beach and picked a place for our 3 pm comida. It was the best meal we have had on the trip.  Out of necessity we waded in the Mediterranean. We then walked the board walk for half a mile enjoying the view and the breeze.



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