We arrived early on 4th Jan 2014. There we received news that Ken Jon and Francesca's flight would be delayed by 4 hours. We decided to locate our apartment near Sants Barcel and do the Hop on Hop Off bus before returning to the airport to fetch them.
We had fun checking out our luxury apartment and Barcelona after meeting Ken Jon and Francesca. The apartment was on the 9th floor. There was a big balcony from which we could view the streets.We viewed beautiful sunrises each morning here.
The next morning, Eduardo, Sue Ann's friend who was in Barcelona to visit his family during Christmas came by our apartment. We picked up the rental car and Eduardo drove us up to Cadaques, a pretty seaside resort town along the north east coast of Spain.
Shortly after Cadaques, we went to Salvador Dali house. Sue Jan recognized the house by the large eggs on the house's rooftop. Dali was a famous artist with a very free spirit and quirky ideas such as the eggs and unusual clocks and mirrors etc.
After Dali's house, we continued along the Costa Brava ( wild coast ). We went to the lighthouse at Cape Crues. ( the cape of the cross). The lighthouse warned of the dangers along the rugged coastline. This was very near the French border.
We drove to Empuriabrava, a town with one of the largest marinas in the world. That evening happened to be the evening of the three wise men parade. The three wise men came into town in a luxurious yacht. A street parade continued and the three wise kings threw sweets to the children. We too rushed to pick up sweets, just like the children. We enjoyed a lovely dinner here.
That night we drove back to Barcelona.We went out to see La Sagrada Familia by night. This was a famous church designed by the architect Gaudi.We also saw other unusual buildings designed by him.
That night when I looked at the pat of butter, I realized the Bahasa Malaysia word we used for butter was actually ...Spanish.
More about Spain in the next post.
