Barcelona and Sitges

Calella (well just outside)
We arrived at campsite just south of Calella, to get there we followed the N11, it was quite a journey, along the the curd side dotted at about every hundred metre intervals were ladies dressed very scantily, one had no knickers on, all sat on white plastic chairs waiting for business,  we did spot one that was clearly passed her sell by date (Si locked the van doors).  We arrived at the campsite which was on a steep hillside and setup base, then suddenly surrounded by cats…we gave them a few scraps…big mistake we now have a full extended family of cats they won’t go away, from Calella we walked into St Pol about 1 km away and realised that we have been here before on one of our day trips from Barcelona.

Setting up camp at Calella

Its the 1st December and Si's getting into the Xmas spirit

 Barcelona

We got the train into Barcelona from Calella for the day, we have been there several times before and visited most of the sights.  Barcelona is a great city so much to see and do, we just wanted to soak up some of the atmosphere and have a change of scenery from the smaller coastal towns we have been visiting.  The train ride took about an hour and we arrive at the Plaza Cataluny.  Today is the first of December and all the xmas decoration were out and there was a big ice ring in the centre.  Walking down the famous Rambles we made our way to the indoor market ‘Mercat de la Boqueria’. This is Simon's favourite place, we walked around the market for about an hour, he wanted to buy a big leg of Jamon to hang up in the RV, but the voice to reason spoke , "150 euro's a kilo" and "what about the flies" he settled for a punnet of figs and hot and sweet pimento spice, for making spanish dishes like homemade rabbit stew yummy !!.  We had menu del dia in a little bohemium cafe' bar around the market place. Walked off lunch , went to the harbour area, and headed back to the train station.

Waiting for the train

Si practising his Spanish

All this food is making me hungry - time for lunch

Lunch time



At the Mirado de Colon



Sitges

Arrived in Sitges after a better than expected journey, we managed to avoid the toll road, theives and bandits (everyone we have spoken to has warmed us that motorhomes are targetted by theives in and around Barcelona - we didn't notice anything usual at a cruising speed of 65 mph) - Sitges is a lovely town, long sweeping promenade and fish restaurants on the front. Tomorrow is Sunday and the spanish families come out on mass and walk the promenade, then settled in a restaurant for the afternoon. 





Busy Sitges on a Sunday afternoon

Si tried out his fishing rod on the sea front in Sitges, he got bored very quickly and give up after about 30 mins, he’s not sure how fishermen manage to stand still longer enough to catch a fish.

We moved from the campsite onto a side road just off the end of the promenade after spotting a number of motorhomes camping wild, it wasn’t quite wild as the houses on the street were closed up for the winter, and looked very expensive (1 million plus).  We stayed there for 4 nights and were finally moved on by the street cleaner and leave blower guy at 7 in the morning.

One day we pulled onto a coast road the catch up on laundry and chill out, it was a great spot but decided not to stay overnight as it looked a bit hairy being the access road to a nightclub.

Si.