I’m already going through “wi-fi” withdrawal…I really liked having it available every time I started my computer. Silly, I know it, but…. After checking the email one more time, we put “Bumble Bee” in gear and headed out. Our first stop wasn’t too far away. Figueres is the home of Salvador Dali, born here, buried here… We headed right to the Dali Museum to explore some of his work. Dali personally designed, decorated, and painted his museum. It was to showcase his life’s work. Some of the highlights we saw started right at the entry…his 1947 Cad convertible with the largest hood ornament I have ever seen. Some of the other art we saw was the “larger than life Mae West room” (complete with nostrils), a fantastic work that shows Abraham Lincoln if you squint hard enough. I could go on and on, but you have got to see his work yourself to believe it. I would say it was genius, but on the other hand it could have been done by a man in need of help. We spent over 2 hours there and we could have spent days. Most of his work took time in studying it to see if you could understand what he meant, but when you took the time, it was still something you questioned. Moving on, we hit the big road and headed onto Barcelona. We pulled into a campground just outside of the city about 4. Seeing as it was too late to go into Barcelona, we headed on down the sidewalk towards the marina. The beach is right across the metro tracks and the road. We had nothing better to do, so we checked it out. We won’t spend any time at the beach while we’re here, but we will spend a lot of time in Barcelona. Barcelona has a lot to see, and we will most likely spend 3 to 4 days here just trying to see as much as we can.
4 November ’05, Friday.
I’m already going through “wi-fi” withdrawal…I really liked having it available every time I started my computer. Silly, I know it, but…. After checking the email one more time, we put “Bumble Bee” in gear and headed out. Our first stop wasn’t too far away. Figueres is the home of Salvador Dali, born here, buried here… We headed right to the Dali Museum to explore some of his work. Dali personally designed, decorated, and painted his museum. It was to showcase his life’s work. Some of the highlights we saw started right at the entry…his 1947 Cad convertible with the largest hood ornament I have ever seen. Some of the other art we saw was the “larger than life Mae West room” (complete with nostrils), a fantastic work that shows Abraham Lincoln if you squint hard enough. I could go on and on, but you have got to see his work yourself to believe it. I would say it was genius, but on the other hand it could have been done by a man in need of help. We spent over 2 hours there and we could have spent days. Most of his work took time in studying it to see if you could understand what he meant, but when you took the time, it was still something you questioned. Moving on, we hit the big road and headed onto Barcelona. We pulled into a campground just outside of the city about 4. Seeing as it was too late to go into Barcelona, we headed on down the sidewalk towards the marina. The beach is right across the metro tracks and the road. We had nothing better to do, so we checked it out. We won’t spend any time at the beach while we’re here, but we will spend a lot of time in Barcelona. Barcelona has a lot to see, and we will most likely spend 3 to 4 days here just trying to see as much as we can.
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3 November ’05, Thursday. We did spend another day here. We are just outside of Figueres, or just down the beach from Roses, Spain. This is another campground that has stayed open all year around, but next year it will start closing about the end of October. It is right on the Med, has one of the best “Facilities” we have enjoyed, and something that is closed and looked like it was great as well, the restaurant. The camp grocery store is really one of the better we have had too. Over all, it is good to be here, although we will be moving to Barcelona in the morning. Oh yes, I have wi-fi available from the van for $8 Euros for a 24 hr day. I have got my monies worth on that for sure !!! This afternoon, we took a long walk along the beach. Louise was in her prime as she found more shells than she has seen for a long time. Fortunately for me she has refrained from bringing any home. 2 November ’05, Wednesday. Like it or not, because of the closing of so many campgrounds at this time of the year, it only leaves us with some of the campgrounds we have stayed at before. We have just left Nimes, and the campground there is one that is open all year. We have been there in February, September, and now in November. I think this may be the last time, but I can’t count it out yet. We traveled the autostrade for about the first 2 ½ hours, and then drove off to find a grocery store. We found what we were looking for, and we also found what we weren’t looking for… We found food and all the other goodies, but we also had someone that thought they would be funny and put a knife into one of our new tires. We didn’t really notice the tire was flat until we had gone about a short block, and then it went flat enough to let me know. We were really lucky, because we were able to pull into an area that was set up for handicap parking. There were 3 places, so I took one. I opened up the side door and the back door, took out all the materials that we have placed in the “traveling mode”, and placed them on the ground. I took out the jack, and dropped the tire from the bottom of the van. While I was working on the drivers side (away from the side door), a young man thought it would be the right time to explore what we had in the van for himself. Fortunately, Louise was watchful, and caught him half in and half out of the door….”WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING !!!”. He pulled himself out and said something in French, and beat it across the street. I wasn’t aware of what was going on until Louise came around on the other side of the van and told me. About that time, the van started to roll and rolled off the jack…not good timing… I was getting a little hot. I’m probably lucky I didn’t have the opportunity to meet this young man !!! Anyway, we continued our way to Spain, our new campground, and will start looking for a new tire. Tomorrow…I’ll probably crash right here for a second day. 1 November ’05, Tuesday. We said our goodbyes to Theo and Mairead, and then headed up to the office to pay our little tab for the stay at the campground. When we checked in, we were met at the desk by Rebecca, who is the young lady that has been checking us in at Antibes for the other times we had been there. Now I guarantee you, she has seen a lot of people check in, but when we walk into the office we were met by “Why Hello Mr and Mrs Goodman”… Well anyway, we had to go say good-bye to her as well, but unfortunately it was her day off, so…if you happen to read this Rebecca, “Thanks again for the hospitality you provided us”… As we passed through Boit going to the Autostrade, we found the cemeteries still filled with people paying their respect. The ride onto Nimes was easy, with little traffic on the roads and the sun shinning. The colors have really started to change on the grape vines and the trees. The Mountains along this route are interesting as well. The first group, the rocks are a deep red, and the second group the rocks are an off white. The air was crisp and clear as we had a thunderstorm come through early this morning for about 45 minutes, but when it was time to get up, the sun was out and looking good. After arriving in the Nimes campground, I pulled out the barbeque and barbequed a beautiful pork filet. In the morning we have one thing that we must do…get to an internet café…it has been too long since I’ve up-loaded the journal and checked our emails. After that, we head into Spain and look for our next campground in Figueres. |
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