Girona

Girona

We loved this place. We arrived at the hostal (via Amy's fantastic navigational skills) and decided that the city was much more interesting than the room. It was a beautiful day! Cold - I was only in Spain for three days, and it was in November, but if someone was to ask me what the weather is like in Spain I would say cold. However, there were beautiful sunny skies as well.
Girona is a surprisingly difficult city to photograph. It is like two cities combined in one, half medieval town, half modern city. The medieval town is brilliant - tiny little pathways intertwining through the city in a circuitous manner with cobblestone stairways leading up and down and all over the place. It was fantastic to explore and get lost; but, as I said it was very difficult to capture via photographic means.

The heart of the medieval area is a stunning Cathedral (again the photos don't do it justice)

Cloisters and garden inside the Cathedral.

Leading out from the Cathedral is a medieval wall that surrounds the town (the medieval portion of the town) which you are able to walk along the top of.

A view of the back of the Cathedral from the wall.



On top of the wall with Cathedral in the background.
p.s. I'm not wearing lipstick but the cold medication I was on dehydrated me to the extent that my lips would crack at the hint of a smile. very sore lips indeed.

I managed to catch a view of a very hot girl on top of the wall. I had to take this photo when she wasn't looking to prevent creeping her out.

A Medieval Toilet! This is like a 50 foot drop. Makes me think there were numerous poo like practical jokes performed in medieval times. I took a lot of photo's of this toilet but Amy would only allow for one to be uploaded. Boo Amy!

I forgive her cause she's so darn cute on this wall. This is actually a great shot! If you look close you can see how the wall winds it's way through the city. It's a really big wall. It also displays all of the "murder holes" that lined the wall as a form of defense. There would have been the ability to have an archer ever four to five feet along the entire length of this beast. Methinks archers must have been very short.

Girona from the inside of town. An example of winding streets. I believe this is the University there.


A river divides the city, medieval to the right modern to the left. Although it doesn't look like that in this photo, that is the way it works.

There are around 5000 birds in this photo but again didn't quite capture it. Amy really liked the friendly birds (the birds might have prevented us from exploring a couple of streets).
We finished off the day with a beautiful sunset. Perfect end to a perfect day.


The only thing that I would advise to future travelers is to go to Girona on a day that isn't a Sunday. Lot's of very cute shops and stores that we couldn't explore because the city is pretty much a ghost town on Sundays. It made for great exploring, but I think we missed a certain amount of the vibe of the City.