Evening all from the Costa Brava! It was cloudy starting off today, the sun did come out later but it was very windy. We took things easy enough today, walked along the prom, visited the Citadel of Roses which was very interesting, pottered around the town, then came back to the hotel where we had a bit of lunch. A solid siesta happened in the afternoon
After dinner we went for a stroll, it was a bit chilly, then back to the bar for a coffee for him and mint tea for me. Now we’re heading to bed as we have quite a long day tomorrow, going on this railway
https://www.valldenuria.cat/en/summer/r ... sentation/. We’ve been warned it will probably be cold up in the mountains but hopefully it will be dry. The hotel is fine, lovely big room, good food, and our balcony has lovely views of the Pyrenees.
On the train journey yesterday, we were chatting to a very nice English couple. Usual chit chat, asked where we were from, we said just outside Dublin by the sea, a place called Howth. They said they were at their nephew’s wedding in Howth many years ago and went on to talk about the bride’s mother who is now 99 and called Mabel. I thought for a moment, and said “is it Mabel K?” (I mean, how many 99 year old Mabel’s can there be!) They were astonished and said yes. The bride is the first cousin of my first cousin on the other side!! I had actually met the bride at a wedding some years back at the wedding of my cousin’s son, and know her sister a little bit. Cue a flurry of messages between Ireland, England and a train hurtling through France, and I was even able to dig out a photo taken of the bride and myself in a small group taken at the wedding of our mutual first cousin’s son! I have said it before, I really think these things only happen when you are Irish.
by Ally » 06 Oct 2024, 04:19 
