We got back this morning from a couple days in Girona. It is located about a 2 hours train ride north of Barcelona. It was a neat town. It was pretty small and had an amazing medieval part of down that dates back to the 15th or 16th century I think. They had a kick ass cathedral there that was massive as well as an old fortress wall that at one time, stretched around the whole original part of the city.
We walked around for a bit once we arrived Saturday and ended up walking to our hotel...which was about a mile further than we thought it was going to be so that took an hour, but was one of the funnest parts of the weekend. Running across highways and roundabouts and such.
The hotel was nice. The Garmin professional cycling team was staying there as well. I guess Girona is the prime spot where all of the big Tour de France teams live and train in the off season.
Saturday night we ate a crepe place called El Brettone and it was awesome. It was basically any combination of eggs, bacon, cheese, veggies, meat, fish, whatever...all cooked up on a big crepe. Definitely a recommended dinner spot if you ever make it to Girona. We actually met some guys at lunch on Saturday, one from Ireland and one from Scotland, who suggested El Brettone so they picked well. The Irish guy actually told me that my spring break plans were about as good as I could have made them so that was promising at least.
We got up today and hit the last couple parts of the Old City and then headed by to Barcelona on the train. It was a fun weekend and I think we were smart in doing a smaller trip like this first and moving up to a bigger trip later.
Working on homework right now... until next time.
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