LA COSTA BRAVA

LLANÇA

The old mill

View from the terrace

The town hall

Mrs Ignacia

The Marina

Las bombonas

Dos bombones with their new leather jackets

Chris' installation

Hogmany banquet

The view from the balcony

The beach by the port

THE WALK TO PORT DE LA SELVA

The praying mantis

The coastal track

Neville

The marina - Port de la Selva

Jimmy

WALKING NORTH TOWARDS PORT BOU

The Port

Chris

Jimmy

May

FIGUERES

Dali Museum

Eileen

The unbelievable sculpture

The tapas bar

Las Ramblas and the great paella

SAN PERE DE RODA

The Monastery

The Castle of San Salvador

The view - The Bay of Roses and L'empurda

The start of the Pyrenees

PORT LLIGAT

Cadaques - from the road we should have taken to Port Lligat

Port Lligat and Dali's house

CADAQUES

The gay pub - Jan, Chris and May

Neville and Dali

Christmas - Dec 2006

Jimmy and Eileen went by plane. Chris, Jan, May and I travelled by train. We stayed in Josefina’s flat in Llança in the Coast Brava. They arrived first and greeted us with a text message that read - ‘ The toon is deed!’

Mind you we were there for Christmas and New Year and in any case it proved not to be that dead.

We walked to Port de la Selva, a neighbouring fishing village, and in the other direction towards Port Pou. We also climbed the hill from Llança to the Monastery of San Pere de Roda and the Castle of San Salvador. The views over the ‘ l’empurda’ and the Bay of Rosas were magnificent.

We took the train to Girona and Fiqueres, both of which we found very attractive. We also hired a car to take us to Cadaques and Port Lligat. Nice!