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Thursday, September 23, 2004
6:00 AM

The Rain in Spain . . .

Really does stay mainly on the plain. Or at least it seems that way given the beautifully sunny weather here on the Costa Brava. I think we have finally completely thawed out from London. And my shorts and tank tops are definitely getting use (as are more shoes).

We arrived yesterday evening. Flight was uneventful. Our friend Jeff was there to meet us and drive us around.

The area between Barcelona and Girona (about an hour or so of a drive) actually looks a lot like SoCal. Except occasionally you see a castle here or there (I think we need to add those to OC if possible - they definitely add something to the landscape). As I said, the weather is beautiful - low to mid-80s. We then drove to S'Agaro, which is the coastal town where our hotel is located. The hotel is beautiful. Very old world.

We have a terrace which looks over a couple of beautiful properties to the coast. We can hear the waves from our room and you can see the water from just about everywhere, including while laying in bed (which is sooo cool). I´ve already spent a lot of time on the terrace staring at the sea. I´ve also spent a fair amount of time coveting one of the houses we look onto. It is beautiful and now I know what to do with all those lotto winnings.

I realized I was perhaps becoming obsessed when I proposed to Mark that I throw my sandal over the wall from our balcony just to have an excuse to see the property up close. The look he gave me revealed that not only would he not back me in my plan, but probably wouldn´t bail me out after I got carted away to the looney bin. He's probably right. The most likely result would just be the loss of my sandal, and though I have many spare pairs of shoes with me, I would prefer not to part with any of them. So I will just continue to worship from afar.

Last night we had amazing Argentinian food, which for me meant a HUGE T-bone steak. They might as well have just walked the cow next to our table. It seriously was the size of my rather large plate. Luckily everyone helped me eat it.

We just took it easy today, which was a nice change after the insanity of London (I´m still sore). Checked out the hotel´s facilities. Took a nap (I just got up from that). Mark meanwhile just finished golfing with our friends (can´t wait to hear how that went).

Tomorrow we are off to the Dali Museum in Figueres and to Empuria Brava where a lot of Roman ruins are situated. Hopefully we will be able to figure out our way there. So far we are doing ok in the car we rented but given that we´ve only driven once, that isn´t much of a record. The biggest issue driving is all of the traffic circles. Apparently they haven´t heard of U-turns here (or just have some sort of irrational dislike for them). In fact, they really don´t have stoplights in this area either - the traffic circles are enough.

That´s about it for now. Having dinner with our friends tonight. I´ll try not to eat another whole cow. But no promises.

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