After returning back home I unpacked my suitcase and talked to Anna about my trip to Roma and everything. I talked to my friend Aleida and she invited me to go to Figueres and Cadaques with her and some of her family for an small excursion. I couldn't resist because it was such a generous invite and I had only heard awesome things about both of these places.
Figueres is in the Catalan providence of Girona, which is up north from Barcelona. It is famous because the artist Salvador Dali was born there, and there is an enormous Dali museum located in Figueres and I really wanted to go see it. Aleida's sister and boyfriend live outside of Figueres and their family also has a weekend home in Cadaques, which is more north than Figueres is. We took the RENFE Saturday around noon and it took about two hours on train to get there. Unfortunately, the weather was terrible as it was one of the first times I have actually been cold since I have been abroad. It was raining, the wind was very strong, and it was cold as well. It didn't help that the Dali museum had a line that was probably a couple of hours of a wait, and we decided that it wouldn't be worth it to wait. As much as I wanted to see the museum, I really didn't want to stand in the rain for two hours in the cold, without an umbrella.
Here are a few pictures around Figueres, like I said the weather was absolutely crazy but it was still really fun! These next few are outside of the Dali museum.
A few pictures of one of Figuere's beaches that was a few minutes from their house!
I went to my friends sisters house and we ate dinner and had a Mona, which is a dessert famous here to have around Easter time. We just relaxed the entire night and then planned to get up early and go to Cadaques the next day.
A few more pictures from Figueres...
Cadaques was probably the most beautiful place I have been to yet, and it is said to be the nicest part of the Costa Brava. Cadaques is literally the tip of the Spanish peninsula and I was able to see France looking in the distance, which was awesome. Here are a few pictures from the car ride to Cadaques, which was less than a hour from Figueres...
Here are a few photos of when we got into the actually town of Cadaques...
These next few pictures are from the back of my friends summer house, it really was an amazing view. How nice it would be to have a house in Cadaques. Within the last few years the town has been exploited with tourists, but it still is awesome.
Here is a picture of Dali's house in Cadaques, which is one reason why the tourism is so high there. He has a few restaurants and shops that he always used to go to, and also a museum in his old house.
A few more pictures around Cadaques before we headed back to the train station! I finally got back to Barcelona after a long week but I really had a great Semana Santa week. I really am lucky to have met such awesome people out here, I really have had a much different experience than many of the other students here. I had a great time with my friend and her family this weekend, and owe them a lot because they literally were my tour guides for the last few days!
A few last pictures from the trip...
