Spain for the day, because we can!

A couple Sundays ago, on April 7th, I went with Emily, Anais, and Corentin to Girona, Spain, because.... why not take a daytrip to Spain while you still can? Girona's about two hours away by car, and so we all piled into Corentin's car and headed down. Girona is a Catalan city (you might remember Catalan culture from Barcelona and Perpignan), and it's also got a pretty intact set of old ramparts around the fortified old city.

the river Onyar

the Cases de l'Onyar (houses of the Onyar in Catalan), for which Girona is somewhat known

with Corentin & Anais*

This was right after Em accidentally touched some random Spanish guy on the shoulder and then told him (in French) to get into the picture, which was hilarious.*

I think that's what we were laughing about here...**

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the steps leading up to Girona's cathedral*

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Wikipedia just told me that Girona's cathedral, Santa Maria de Girona, has the widest nave of any Gothic cathedral in the world (and the second of any cathedral in the world to St. Peter's in Rome.) It was pretty huge, not gonna lie.

I learned that this is the flag for Catalan independentist flag - the regular Catalan cultural/Catalunian regional flag is just red and yellow stripes, whereas the independentist flag has the triangle with the star.

gardens within the former citadel

climbing up the fort

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overlooking Girona

beautiful views, and such a nice day

the Great Wall of... Girona

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Welcome to Spain, where life actually exists on Sundays. (Unlike in much of my current country of residence.)

In 1877, Gustave Eiffel designed a bridge in Girona. We don't really know why.

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It really does remind you of the Eiffel Tower, n'est-ce pas?

No, churros. Just no.*

These adorable little brothers went running along, the first (older/taller) jumping over these balls, the second (younger/shorter) barely cleared them (and therefore waddle-scooted over them). Adorbs.

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John Lennon Gardens... We never really figured out why John Lennon has gardens in Girona, but hey. You know. Go with it.

This is the point at which Em taught me how to make daisy chains and we sang "Imagine" in the John Lennon Gardens. #hippy #youmaysayimadreamer*

I wasn't joking that we sang.**

chicas in the garden*

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where we stopped for a little snackypoo

Please notice the giant dog as well as the white dog sitting in checkered shirt guy's lap at the table at the café. Nbd. 

Em, friendless on a one-person bench

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We had a great relaxing Sunday in Spain among friends. Girona was charming, it was a beautiful day, and the sun was out! Girona's got a lot of great green spaces, and so we spent most of our time garden hopping and laying down in the grass, soaking up the sun after a long, long winter. Sunshine, you make me happy. Also, this was the first time I've been to Spain and it hasn't rained! Score one for Girona.

*Stole these pictures from Emily!

**Stole these pictures from Anais!