Sitges

The mystery of the Rugby t-shirt was solved this morning. There I was sitting in an internet café typing this rubbish, just around the corner from the flat, and up pops a new e-mail message. It’s from Glyn who came out for the weekend with his buddy and their children to watch the rugby. We kept missing each other, him because they were shooting all over the place having landed in Gerona, the only direct flight from Liverpool in winter, and us because we were out and about ourselves. We didn't even know that he was around. He left the shirt first thing on Sunday morning, whilst we were enjoying a cup of tea in bed, just before he had to shoot of back to Gerona. Wasn’t that kind.

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We use a public car park near the flat, which is not cheap. Then what city centre car park is cheap? Anyway, what’s different about this one is that the payment machine does not take cards. You have to stuff in notes or coins, which means you have to be prepared. Our overnight bill was 39 euros. Mnnnnn.

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OK, today’s big decision. Hit the shops in Barcelona or drive down to Sitges for lunch? Despite the obvious temptation, Sitges won because we like the place, there are lots of shops and it’s nice to have lunch by the sea. As we headed south out of Barcelona we passed several exotic shops with exotic sounding names. Names like Leroy Merlin, Decathlon and Carrefour. France hates competition from abroad but has no hesitation in invading other countries! But that’s another story.
When it comes to restaurants, we generally choose well? El Rincon de Pepe, Paseo de la Ribera, 93 894 50 54 is very smart, right on the sea front and looked immediately appealing. They had Arroz Negra, which we had already decided we wanted, on the menu, so the rest was easy. It was all superb helped no doubt by an excellent wine recommended by our waiter. Belondrade y Lurton 2005 made with 100% Verdejo (never had that one before) was superb. After a siesta in the sun, when Jan had a paddle in the sea, we headed back.
Just to round off a perfect afternoon I found an unencrypted wireless connection back at the flat. Some people are just born lucky!