Wednesday, 29 May 2013

Girona.......mini Florence??


25 May 2013


Caught the slow train from Valencia up the Costa Brava coast to Girona. About a 6 hr. train ride.....local train that was packed and everyone brought along packed lunches etc.....colorful. It was lovely seeing all the little coastal bays as we hugged the coastline a lot of the way. As we made it farther north it was a bit cooler and then we went inland. Lovely fields and villages perched on hilltops.

Girona really is a bit like a mini Florence......but I mean very mini.....great cathedral, wonderful old Jewish quarter and historic houses alongside the River Onya. We walked the top of the city fortress walls.....amazing.  Girona  is a bit of a hub for Ryan Air cheap flights as opposed to Barcelona landing fees.  

Nice spot but really a one day's town.





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