Semana Santa, Part 3 - Cap De Creus, Cadaques, and the Costa Brava

After our day in the mountains, we decided we needed a day near the water, to the Costa Brava.  We needed to drive a few hours to get there, but it was completely worth it.  We headed directly to Cap de Creus - which is the easternmost point of Spain.  There is a large lighthouse on the point, and hiking trails all around.  

This is the lighthouse at the point - it's very cool looking.

It was so windy at the point that my hair and clothes would blow at a 90 degree angle to my body.

The views from the point were stunning.  After we went to the point, we went to the nearest city, Cadaqués.  This city had the whitewashed look of a Mediterranean sea town, and was the city where Dali would summer.  

After exploring the town a little, we found a fantastic place that our guidebook recommended to eat at.  There was only one table left, so it was definitely popular!  We ordered the menu of the day - our starters were fish soup for me, and stuffed, roasted red peppers for Brian.  We shared Paella after that, which is Catalonia's signature dish! (Catalonia is the region we were visiting, it runs along the whole north eastern coast of Spain)

I know we take a lot of pictures of food, but it is all just oh so tasty!  Sorry Amber, as you commented on an earlier post, we do more than eat!  I'm just trying to make you drool, and trying to entice you to come on over here and eat some of this stuff with us!

After lunch & exploring the town a bit, we walked over to Dali's summer home - we decided to not go in, but just looked around.  I wasn't able to get very good pictures, sorry.  We knew the next day we would be heading to his crazy museum, so we thought we'd get our fill of Salvador Dali the next day.

It had been a long day of travel and looking around, so we sat in a little cove and read for an hour before starting the drive home.  I decided that since we were so close to the water, I just had to get in.  One word: FREEZING.

On the way home, there was one more town I wanted to see - Roses, anther beach town on the coast.  It turned out that there was a renaissance fair going on in the town's streets, so although we had a terrible time parking, we got to experience the world of small time carnies and artisans selling things we didn't need.  We didn't spend much time there, but it was interesting!

A very chilly evening in Roses, near the beach.

We had one more full day in Catalonia, which we will continue in the next post!