Girona - a very special place for me
This place brought me true peace, and it wasn't even amongst the popular attractions or anything like that. It was a lot of the more simple things. Quietness was the beginning point, Girona isn't all that busy and even when it is it's rather quiet and you can easily get to a more quieter place. It's also nowhere near as busy as any city in Spain, so hardly any traffic and very easy to move about from one place to the next by foot.
Segundamente, eu encontrei esta igreja pequena escondida atras essas palmas. A foi facada com ambas portas dela abertas. I just walked in and found some place to prayer and be at peace. Um dia mais cedo eu tinha estado a andar por Torre Gironella quando vim ao santuario da Virgem Maria - serendipidade!
A hike into the rural landscapes of Girona, that took my out of the "old town", into the dry veld amongst the houses there and then finally deep into a forest. You can end up just wandering around in these forests, so make sure you take a GPS with you just to be able to locate yourself relative to where the old town is so you know how to return. The "basic" trails are well marked as you hike deeper you'll get less of those. There's always cycling decals spray painted on rocks and so forth so you can follow those back too as well. I did this and ended up in the way of two cyclists, mia culpa 🤷♂️️.
This isn't to say that there are not things to see in Girona. There very much are and I made that I would at least visit some of the most well known sites. These being Girona Cathedral, Basilica De San Felix, the Arab Baths and, naturalmente O cu de Leão o qual eu dei um beijinho para boa sorte.
The other aspect of Girona that's very quaint and unique to it is A praca da independência. You can arrive there in the early evening, and just people watch for a little bit, after that you can choose from about 4 or 5 different restaurants right there on the square - my favourite being 'Enjoy It' which served a good Moscow Mule.
Oh, eu devo lembrar-me isto! A comprar muitos xuxos de cremes! Eu assaz seguro que a minha conta a fim de cada dia tinha pelo menos tres xuxos listados.
E uma coisa mais. Eu encontrei "EL RATO DO RIO" no rio no Onyar. O governmento locale a tentar remover os mas eu assegurarei que nunca acontecer. NOS 👏️ AMAMOS 👏️ OS RATOS 👏️.
Girona holds a special place in my heart now and I look back at it very fondly because of those moments of solitude and peace I found there.
What a special place.
