It is indeed. And the second one just arrived! The good thing about the sunshine is that everybody seems to enjoying what are presumably extended St Jordi’s day celebrations. I’m in Plaça De La Indep… (View Post)

Whoever did the accuweather forecast for Catalonia seems to have been an order of magnitude out for the cloud cover today. Most of it has burnt off and I’m now basking in the sunshine that I should h… (View Post)

Rather depressingly, the sky is grey and gloomy. I was up and ready to go early enough to catch the (supposed) train back to Vilajuïga, then bus or walk to Garriguella, and on to the tortoise sanctua… (View Post)

I got up to Barcelona station and realised that St Jordi’s day was just like Easter Monday; ie a Sunday that the timetables didn’t recognise. I was expecting to get a 46 minute direct train to Girona… (View Post)

Got myself a ‘classic Sardo’, which seems to be a flatbread filled with veg and cheese, then toasted and drizzled with a dressing, herbs and seeds. Going down very nicely with a glass of house red! (View Post)