En
route to Barcelona we stopped at Carcassonne to break the journey. Carcassonne, is a medieval fortification and
was fascinating; we would love to visit it again to explore. The next day we drove down to Barcelona
which was a splendid journey seeing the landscape becoming increasingly Spanish
and 10 degrees warmer. We took a detour
off the main road to have a quick coffee at Port Leucate which looked
interesting on the map - expecting to find a quaint old harbour overlooking the
Med. How wrong could we be? It was like an upmarket Butlins as the area
has been hugely developed (if there ever was an old quaint harbour – there is
no sign of it now). There was a very
smart modern marina surrounded by upmarket shopping experiences and the usual
trashy souvenir shops then acres and acres of new holiday housing. Oh well, the coffee was good.
On
we drove down to Barcelona a city we love, having visited 12 years ago for
Jeff’s 50th. Jeff had booked
a hotel right in the centre called The Axel.
We noticed some strange things when we were checking in for example lots
of pink fluffy furniture, giant cushions, posters advertising erotic shows in
the lift – the posters were in the lift not the erotic shows!) and then
discovered we were in the heart of Barcelona’s LG&B community! But it didn’t matter – the hotel was
excellent, the staff lovely and welcoming and it was great value. After some yummy Italian nosh, we found a great
little place called the Harlem Jazz Club http://www.harlemjazzclub.es/ within walking
distance, where the evening show was a group of city buskers jamming together. Great fun, fabulous music.
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