2023-04-30 – vermut time in Malgrat
Today we are still expecting a bit of changeable weather and we choose to go to the centre of Malgrat de Mar for vermut time, which traditionally starts from about 12pm on Sunday. It is the last day of...
View Article2023-05-01 – climbing the zodiac
Behind the coastal hotel development of Santa Susanna there are a number of hills quite heavily populated by a hotch-potch of houses. The weather forecast is still predicting a violent storm at some...
View Article2023-05-02 – food and sun in Llavaneres / Caldetes
Now that the threat of the stormy weather (which never really materialised) is out of the way, our plan today is to go to a nice Catalan restaurant in Sant Andreu de Llavaneres called Pins Mar and...
View Article2023-05-03 – daytrip to Girona
Girona is only 50 minutes away from us by train, now we are in Santa Susanna so a much easier daytrip destination than Barcelona and Sitges now. The highlights for the tourist are primarily the city...
View Article2023-05-04 – rest, fideuà and the new crown and anchor
After our excursion to Girona we fancied a quieter day today, closer to home. In the morning I went to Carrefour for what would probably be our last proper shopping trip for food as we are into our...
View Article2023-05-05 – Malgrat beach, Casa bella and jam session
We enjoyed a nice relaxing Friday morning at our apartment in the hotel today. In the afternoon we went to the beach in Malgrat de Mar for a little bout of sunbathing and swimming. We caught our first...
View Article2023-05-06 – El Masnou, Alella, Cabrera and Estrac Pizzeria
As we count down the last few days of our stay in Catalonia, we plan some activites in places we haven’t yet visited. On our list of things to do is some wine tourism in Alella, so we have booked a...
View Article2023-05-07 – vermut time in El Masnou and wine tour in Alta Alella
It’s our last Sunday of our trip, so the big question on our minds is where to spend our last VERMUT TIME! Yesterday’s transport difficulties with getting to our wine tour means that today we need a...
View Article2023-05-08 – hiking in Canet and our return to La Musclera beach
With two full days left, we opted to spend a bit of each day on a couple of our favourite beaches. I voted for La Musclera beach for today’s sunbathing, nestled between Caldes d’Estrac and Arenys de...
View Article2023-05-09 – last full day: Sant Pol, Bon Repòs and heavy rain
Our final full day saw us get our bags packed first thing. Hotel reception had a handheld digital suitcase scale which was a great help to figure out how much we could get in the big case for our 20kg....
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