Peralada
This morning there was an autumn mist to start the day, but it cleared very quickly, and by ten o' clock the sun was once again with us, which pleased our fellow travellers, the French put out their tables, and the German women put on their swimming costumes, a little ambitious we thought, the temperature being only 20c at that point.
After our chores, we walked up to the local D.I.Y., store to purchase some plastic coated steel wire, and a padlock. We are approaching the border with France, and for some reason the area is a hot spot for opportunists wanting to break into vans. We have heard stories about people losing everything, including their clothing! Anyhow, Marge is now ready for them, and the extra security is in place.
After lunch, we said goodbye to the Costa Brava, in fact to all of the Costa's we'd travelled through. We were now leaving the Spanish coast for the last time on this trip, and heading inland. Tomorrow we will cross into France. Obviously we are sad to leave Spain behind, we'd got used to the weather. The blow of having to return home, was softened by the fact we would be travelling up through the Loire for a while, one of our favourite areas of France. Let's hope the weather will be kind to us whilst we're there.
After our chores, we walked up to the local D.I.Y., store to purchase some plastic coated steel wire, and a padlock. We are approaching the border with France, and for some reason the area is a hot spot for opportunists wanting to break into vans. We have heard stories about people losing everything, including their clothing! Anyhow, Marge is now ready for them, and the extra security is in place.
After lunch, we said goodbye to the Costa Brava, in fact to all of the Costa's we'd travelled through. We were now leaving the Spanish coast for the last time on this trip, and heading inland. Tomorrow we will cross into France. Obviously we are sad to leave Spain behind, we'd got used to the weather. The blow of having to return home, was softened by the fact we would be travelling up through the Loire for a while, one of our favourite areas of France. Let's hope the weather will be kind to us whilst we're there.
Tonight, our last in Spain, we are spending at Peralada, near to Figueres. Figueres, is the hometown of Salvador Dali. The aire at Peralada is very European. There's Marge, along with vans from Switzerland, Holland, Belgium and Germany. Drew Pritchard, from the television programme Salvage Hunters, visited this town, and bought some fantastic antiques here. John visited an antique shop were Drew had visited and was offered 'genuine' medieval tiles and a 'as new' Roman mill stone!
As soon as we arrived, we took a tour of the historic town. The castle, now a hotel and casino, and then various sites of interest in the old town, including the old Antic hospital, which fell into the hands of the Farmers Union, at the time of land confiscation. They used it to house irrigation pumps for their members. Now, the area, provides, much needed parking for the residents of the town. An archaeological dig, revealed the hospital had a cemetery, from which 116 bodies were exhumed, inside one of the bodies, twenty five gold coins were found hidden. We'll leave you to guess where!
So Marge, tomorrow it will be adios Espana. We've enjoyed it, especially the coast in the north, and know we will bring Marge back here in the near future.
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