ON OUR WAY HOME

Here we are, Barcelona Airport. Our flight to Vancouver BC leaves in a couple of hours. Doesn’t time fly when you’re traveling with someone you really like, exploring new things of common interest together. Don’t know whether to feel happy or sad that it’s, all but the memories, over.

We found ourselves a bit city bound the other day so for the last two days of the trip we hired yet another car. Nice one as well. I ordered the economy car but all they had was an upgrade, an Audi A4 Diesel. Lively little 6 speed with a crisp shift. Not like that clumsy sack of bolts I had in England.

First trip was out to and up on Monserrat. Quite a cool thing to do, the cable car trip up was fun, a little old and rickety for Sharon but it survived. Yes it's a monastery and yes it’s one of the biggest commercial money spinning places we’ve seen in 6 weeks. In the old days it was thorns from the crown, holy knuckle bones from the saints or splinters from the original cross. Times haven’t changed the church much at all.
On our way up



Looking back.

Trails all around the mountain

Getting to the top.

And me taking a break at the top.



Then we turned around the opposite way and drove down to the coast, to Casteldefells. It’s claim to fame now is that it was the rowing and canoe venue in their Olympics. Before that, it was famous for where Ken and the Kelly gang rented a villa back in 1961 and drove all the way from Liverpool to. (See finding Yvette)
We searched for the villa but conceded that it had to be under condos numbered 100 - 135.Across the Moterway.
The beaches are still great though and do have a “few” more people on these days.

Teatime at the Villa Rosarin.

John and Mum back then.Casteldefels beach.

The beach now.

From there we continued down to Sitges, still a nice town but not the old one we knew. The fishing boats pulled up on the little beach in front of the grand old church have been replaced with Hoby Cats and pedallo’s. Lots and lots of hotels, condos and apartments have surrounded the old town. Took some photos from the same spot I took them from back then. I’ll compare them when I get back and post them. Still a really nice place to visit.Old town is great.

Sitges Church and Harbour then.

....and now.

Lunch on the beach Sitges.

I still have some catching up to do on a few of the places we’ve been and a lot of photo’s to publish.

Watch this space!