Tuesday August 10th

Another great breakfast to start the day and than we were in for a beach tour. We headed to the north east coast of Costa Brava where the family usually vacationed to when the boys were younger so it was fun to hear some of the stories. It took about 2 hours to get there, I tried to stay awake to see some of the scenery but it was mostly highway, which meant instant napping for me :). The first stop was to the top of a mount St.Sebastian, were the introduction to the great views began. This is where one of the most important light houses is located and below is surrounded by one of the busiest beaches.



Next we head to the town of Tamarin for some lunch on the beach front and a walk along the beach path - again it was insanely busy.



Than our snorkelling and exploring destination was just around the cove, where we set up on rock face and explored the water below. The water was a refreshing temperature and there were plenty of fish to see. Not to mention that swimming in the ocean always reminds me of how big the world actually is - when you look out and all you can see is water and the thought of the next content being so many swimming months away is always surreal to me haha. But we all enjoyed the day and no one got sun burnt. Being able to tell we were tourist from a cold country was too easy for the brown-sun-tanned Europeans :).



After leaving the beach we headed to the top of another mountain where the very cool hotel of Parador Hotel Aigublava was located. We walked around a bit more as the temperature was starting to cool down and the lightning on the coast made for some great pictures of the scenery!



Than for our final stop we ended up in Pals, which is a medieval village where the coast line can be seen from afar. This is the typical town that you would see in a movie with a medieval setting. Cobble stone streets, old farming land, gothic church, archways in the street, flowers that looked wild but well kept and endless scenic view from different viewpoints to make you think its the perfect spot between sea and land (wow that sounds like a travel adversitment haha).






We headed home, which definitely involved a nap in the car, and we were all ready for some much needed sleep. Had a snack of fruit - I swear they inject it with sugar and growth hormones, which makes every possible fruit delicious. Even fruit that I don't like look appetizing and I must try and ones that we don't have at home are that much more tempting to try haha. Off to bed ready to sleep for hours ….

“The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea.” ID
Mich