Girona to Tossa de Mar

 A lot of food on this trip.  Last night's entry:

Tapas in Girona

This morning in Girona was clear and warm and we had a great view back to the Pyrenees that we’d ridden through previously.  One last ride over the bridge in Girona and we were off to the coast.

The Pyrenees from our hotel in Girona

Downhill all the way to Tossa de Mar

Our last night of camping is in a campground called Cala Llevado just outside of the seaside resort town of Tossa de Mar.  The ride from Girona was on a busy road for a little ways, but we soon enough turned onto the smaller departmental roads for the rest of the ride.  A short day, about 35 miles, but we climbed another 2,000 feet.

Tossa de Mar Castle

Tassa de Mar beach

Tossa is a very popular town.  It has a nice, sheltered bay and sandy beaches and is very, very busy this time of year.  There is a really cool castle on one end of the beach but after coffee we had another 10 km or so to go (all uphill) to the campground, around the next headland, so we decided to skip the castle and head to camp.

The campground is pretty amazing and is way different from what we expect in the US.  Here, camping is like being at Disneyland – pools, game rooms, restaurants, bars (numerous of them at this campground), and several beaches.

Our campground beach

We spent the afternoon at the non-nudie beach, though here “nudie” means that the bottoms are off.  At the regular non-nudist beaches most women don’t wear tops.  

There was a pretty big sea running and heavy surf but it was warm and the water was very warm.  We swam and then sat on the warm rocks and tried not to get fried.   Next, up the steep hill to the swimming pool for more R & R.  

 

 Dinner tonight is sea urchin and limpets.  

I like 'em barbecued

With beer...

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