Jen and Dave: Adventuring

It was a long travel day. First to Toronto, then on to Barcelona. There were good things and bad things about the trip. The second leg had an equipment change, so it wasn’t flying full. We got a row to ourselves; so did Jen’s parents, who are joining us on this adventure. The bad was that our baggage was lost in the transfer – we had to check our carry-on, so we have just our day packs.

After sorting out the luggage we picked up our rental car (though not without issues), then finally got on the road.

We stayed the night at La Mer, just outside of town. A 1700’s era farmhouse converted to hotel, it is strikingly picturesque, and the perfect mix of heritage and modern.

After settling in, we went next door to a boisterous family restaurant. The menus were in Catalan, the waiters spoke Catalan, and the food was local. They found a very friendly English-speaking staff member to help us order, and we tucked into rabbit, canneloni, chicken, roasted potatoes with aioli, and toasted bread.

After lunch Jen decided to call it a day, while the other three went on a short hike to a local castle.