The Three Amigos Go To The Seaside

After exploring the Gothic quarter and the Rambla Del Mar where we tried unsuccessfully to talk Marcus into buying us a yacht, we hit the road to go to the seaside.  Our attempt at escaping the city using the car's GPS was a circus of errors because it took us a bit to realize that the avenue where it was directing us was closed for construction.  We were fruitlessly circling the barrels.  Luckily Team Anja, Markus, and Charlotte has a sense of humor.

After driving through the outskirts of Barcelona for too long, we did make it to Tossa de Mar which was closed up for the season, despite the 18 degree centigrade, sunny weather.  We mostly had the town, the seashore  and the castle to ourselves.  Hooray for off-season travel!  Our lovely apartment was dirt cheap but had a hundred dollar view.  With the deafening surf in the foreground we watched the orange Super moon rise over the Mediterranean.   We climbed the dark path to the lighthouse in the moonlight.  We walked the lonely streets of the old town which was sheltered with high, thick, parapeted walls.

The next day we hiked to a secluded beach further up the Costa Bravo.  The trail was developed to the extent that it had ropes to cling to so we didn't slide off the cliff into the sea.  Markus braved the cold water at the little cove.  Anja and each got a toe wet.  Later Anja and I explored the castle and visited the museum which included art from two thousand years ago when Tossa was a Roman villa.  It also had modern art such as a plain white room with one blue board with stethoscopes hanging from it.  Markus had supper ready for us.  He's a keeper.