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| Queuing up at Southampton Airport |
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| Flying over the Solent |
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| Cloud all over France so the next shot was as we flew over the Mediterranean coastline at Canet |
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| Our apartment is between the Med and the Etang |
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| A view showing the extent of Canet including Chateau Esparrou beside the Etang |
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| Canet's famous merry-go-round in the Place Méditérrannée |
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| ... and more of the square |
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| Exit from the underground
car-park - we think - there's no way in! |
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| Entertainment to celebrate St Jean's festival - a Molière comedy |
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| ... then the carnival led by a ghostly apparition |
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| ... then extra-terrestrials - really tall and scarey, |
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| ... with this wonderful transformer skeleton |
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| And a ribbon machine, followed by an excellent firework display which I only captured as movies. |
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| Some of the spring clean in the flat. There's more space than there looks when the bunkbeds are back against the wall. |
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| A view to the South from the thalassotherapy spa hotel of Les Flamants Roses in Canet Sud |
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| Canet's very keen on flags - but there are some missing! |
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| Perpignan Gare - Dali's 'Centre of the Universe' |
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| Latest set of Elinor |
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| ... dress from Sonia |
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| Mum and Dad |
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| Shots around Barcelona - the Arc de Triomf |
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| Passeig St Joan |
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| Ronda St Pere |
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| This shop's great for vocabulary
ferreteria - ironmonger
drogueria - cleaning materials and paints
utensilios - utensils
domesticos - domestic goods
tornilleria - screws
herramientas - tools
cerrajeria - locksmith |
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| Passeig St Joan |
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| Passeig Lluis Companys |
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| Palacio de Justicia |
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| Good to see more police around - Barcelona seemed to be safer than normal |
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| Passeig del Born |
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| Plaça Santa Maria |
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| Cathedral of Santa Maria del Mar |
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| This is Plaça Santa Maria. Near by is La Carte des Vines which has a great wine selection (in c/ Sombrerers) |
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| Fossar de les Moreres with the red Monument to Catalan martyrs of 1714 |
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| Back in Passeig del Born |
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| And here's our Moira |
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| Tom's Gazpacho washed down by the first of the dinner wines |
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| Fantasticly tasty prawns |
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| Breakfast at Bocamel in Calle Comerç |
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| Catherine at her Formatgeria La Seu
(cheese shop) on calle Daguria -
she gave us three recommendations for three great cheeses |
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| Plaça Sant Just in the Barri Gòtic. The Café de la Academia on the left is a great restaurant |
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| An advert for Aquarius in Passeig Maritim - but the white Catalan sign is sarcastically saying "You really should have tried to make a bigger sign" |
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| Nice big paella pans on Pla de Palau |
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| Plaça Sant Agusti Vell near Tom and Jessica's |
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| The local Joanet cafe - local Barcelona food and drink |
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| Fully working drinking fountain |
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| Nice bookcase |
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| Nice bike |
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| Museum of Natural History in Ciutadella Park |
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| Out with Pilar in Ciutadella Park |
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| 'Bicing' - Bike stations all over the city - if used often can cost as little as £20 per year |
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| Moira feeding herself |
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| Tom and Eli |
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| Hi ha dues menes del individus: els Catalans i els que somien esdevinir ho!
There are two types of person - Catalans and those who who wish to be so - or Welsh or whatever! |
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| Tom's dinner - Suquet (fish stew) of Sea Bream, Plaice, Octopus, Salmon & Prawns, with sea lettuce - fantastic flavours |
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| Beautiful |
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| St Pere Church |
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| Flowers on balcony of Sant Pere Més Alt |
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| Cathedral undergoing work |
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| Back at the flat - more shots from the veranda |
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| Meeting Helen and Chris at Perpignan station - here for 10 days |
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| Moules and dancing at La Bohème in Canet Sud |
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| Then a fantastic meal on the Saturday with neighbour Lucienne and Henri at La Vigatane restaurant near the Chateau in Canet Village |
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| Can't remember what Jo said but it must have been funny |
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| Best way to drink Banuyls Vin Doux Naturel - fortified dessert wine |
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| Mini Golf on the Sunday and ... |
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| ... looking for beach club houses (including planning for a sail on Monday morning before we left) |
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| Waiting for a dingy to sail the Med! |
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| Very changeable winds so the sail to the edge of Canet harbour (in the background) and back took us an hour |
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| Glad that's over |
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