Holiday notes Argelès

Two pictures of Gaudi's work in Parc Güell, Barcelona (Wednesday's visit).


Holiday notes Argelès-sur-Mer

Camping Le Texas Plot 145. Second site we looked at from the outside. Couldn’t actually go on pitch that we’d been given as a car was parked in the way. Owner gave us the choice of two other plots and we picked the sunniest one. Lovely, with trees – poplars, pines, acacias. To the side there is a view over fields and the river (not much water). Small, quiet site with pool. Girls doing washing up all the time – great! Relaxing.

First Day: Arrived end of afternoon. Set up camp – worked out how awning went up!

Second Day: Lazy day but had to find supermarket (open on Sunday morning). Walked around site and Raymond played in play area. In the evening – long promenade along sea front. Very pleasant. (David’s and my legs were hurting [must be our age]).

Third Day: Petanque (Verity won)/lunch/pool/Pixie Land (English translations were very amusing!)/St Cyprien – promenade along sea front/Raymonde fell down (shaking with shock)/Tea/Scrabble (I won)

Fourth Day: Petanque (David won)/lunch/beach (rather windy)/Tea/Artisanal market (David bought me a late birthday present [painting]; I bought Demelza and Verity a leather bracelet each with their names on/carousel and magic mountain.

Fifth Day: Wed. 31st Aug. Barcelona. 37° What a beautiful place. Charming and magnificent buildings. First thing we did when we arrived was to buy a plan. Antoni Gaudi. Parc Güell – very difficult to find. Even the car park for the parc didn’t have a sign indicating where the parc was! Supper in the dark. Then looked around. Great panoramic views lit up at night. Virtually had parc to ourselves which was a plus, but a minus was that we couldn’t pick out all the colours in the mosaics.
Saw Sagrada Familia temple from the car and the Casa Batllo. Visited the arch and sat watching the pigeons and of course, Raymonde fed them.
Still in parc at 11 o’clock in evening. Sign posting very difficult and almost non-existent. Asked my angel to guide us home and David just drove the car (following a bus) and we came out on the right road. Got back to caravan at 1.30 am

Sixth Day: Lazy day at site. Walking/swimming/BBQ/in the evening, carousel (Booing horses)/evening market down by sea front.

Seventh Day: Elne Cloisters/cathedral/art gallery – Maillol and Terrus, watercolours by Simone Gay. Took Isabelle for walk – old chateau ruins near site Châteaux des Comptals de Tetzo. Petanque (Got dark with score at 5/5/5/0)/Scrabble (David won)

Eighth Day: Finished petanque (David won). Walked to neighbouring campsite. Paid. Others went to pool while I did some packing and knitting. Left at about 7.15 in the evening feeling thoroughly relaxed and recharged.