Daily Drena: Picture Perfect
We had to go down to Figueres today to get some groceries, so we looked into options of where we could go along the way. We ended up taking a detour to a quaint little town called Sant Llorenç de la Muga. I had found a hiking loop outside of town, so we parked and meandered there via random lefts and rights through town as Lorena or I saw things to look at. We came across an old man who was doing some woodworking in his workshop who could have been Geppetto making Pinnochio! It is a beautiful little town with a river flowing next to it and by the time we got to the trailhead, Lorena had fallen in love with it.
After the urban walking tour, the hiking trail led us along a suspended walkway along the river, then up into the hills overlooking the village. We climbed up inside the watchtower, which made for amazing views and a creative photo opportunity for Lorena.
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- Sneaking a picture of the man working in his woodshop.
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- Pretty flowers on the wall in the village square.
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- Cool wings on this butterfly!
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- Watching each other on the watchtower.
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- The Watchtower
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- Sitting by the stream
Your trip just gets better by the day. The purple flower on vine is wisteria. Very popular in Provence, also. Wish you would have tried to talk with Gepetto – bet he would have been happy to show you his workshop and tell you about it. But, still Catalan, not Spanish, right? One thing I have learned from your blog is to shop before siesta – does it change times in all the different towns?
Heh. I actually did try to talk with Gepetto. It came out half Spanish/half English, neither of which he understood, especially when I mixed them together. The conversation was a disaster, so I just smiled a lot and gently walked away. Drew didn’t go inside because he didn’t even think it was a store, but that I had just wandered into his private place as he was working. I think he welcomed visitors, but who knows.
For the siesta, it’s typically 1-4, 1-5, or 2-5, but as you know we aren’t morning people and then we start work at 5, so the time is limited.