Sunday 11 December 2011
Well now we know that when Barcelona's futbol team wins against Madrid, the firecrackers and celebrating go on long into the night. We had croissants, fruit, milk and coffee for breakfast and were checked out of Estrellas de Mar campground by noon. Saying goodbye to Barcelona and especially the mind-blowing Gaudi contributions to the port city, we headed to Figueres the home of Salvador Dali.
About three and a half hours later we were standing at the impressive Gala-Salvador Dali Museo. We learned that in order to see the home he shared with his wife Gala in Cadaques we would have to have had reservations and since they would be closed on Monday - the following day, we opted to soak up the Figueres collection in the remaining two and a half hours they were open. This we did.
There aren't too many words that aptly describe Dali's surrealist style but Ian Gibson, who authored a large book on the subject did a pretty good job...of using too many words (just kidding, the book was excellent and Dian read it at Don's house.) The museum which was designed by the artist who died in 1989 and is also buried there has an amazing collection of sculpture, holograms, paintings, optical illusions, jewelry etc. We tried the old game of mentioning to a bored looking guard that we were novices when it came to knowing about the artist and 20 minutes later we were richer in our appreciation of Dali's life and work.
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| A beautiful woman, or Abraham Lincoln? |
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| A tapestry version of "The Persistence of Memory" |
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| Mae West never looked so life-like |
We exited just as the museum closed and headed back to our van which by the way was running smoothly.
We stopped for kabobs and drinks made by a young man from Pakistan who even threw in extra sauce for our dinner on the road. They were delicious and got us halfway to Andorra.
We pulled in at a train station in the town of Rippoli and after using the station facilities and then buying a few groceries we bedded down to the periodic rumble of trains arriving and leaving.
Well now we know that when Barcelona's futbol team wins against Madrid, the firecrackers and celebrating go on long into the night. We had croissants, fruit, milk and coffee for breakfast and were checked out of Estrellas de Mar campground by noon. Saying goodbye to Barcelona and especially the mind-blowing Gaudi contributions to the port city, we headed to Figueres the home of Salvador Dali.
We stopped for kabobs and drinks made by a young man from Pakistan who even threw in extra sauce for our dinner on the road. They were delicious and got us halfway to Andorra.
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