Well today we were to drive to Barcelona, about 300km. Driving in a new country, on new roads,  with tolls as well, is always a little scary.

We left Agde in the pouring rain again and decided against any sightseeing as it was quite miserable. We drove along the freeway for a couple of hours headed towards Barcelona and then stopped for lunch at a freeway service station/cafe. As we were deciding on the next route DB was approached by a hitch hiker wanting a lift to Barcelona. We told him we were not sure which way we were going and he obviously suggested places headed towards Barcelona which is where he wanted to go. Anyway DB managed to say we weren’t going in that direction yet. We then diverted the drive along the coast road, so only spent 16,85 euro on tolls today, as DB gets bored on the highways. We finally made it to the beach at Sa Riera which was quite windy and had a bit of swell. It was a pleasant 21′ and was nice to put our thongs on. From here we followed the coast road from Sant Feliu de Guixols to Tossa de Mar. This was 23km of winding road along the sea cliffs. A bit like the Great Ocean Road at home. They say that the section of road has a bend for every day of the year. It was very spectacular and would have been even better had they not had rain for the last 3 or 4 days, therefore making the water murky instead of the crystal blue it usually is. At Tossa de Mar we went for a walk and came across some ruins from 100-600AD. The mosaic tiles and stonework was quite colourful. We then headed to the Castillo de Tossa de Mar (the castle) at the beach. It would also have been amazing without the rain. A little disappointing but being used to the changes of colour of the ocean at home we can imagine how beautiful it should be. Whilst deciding where we would stay near Barcelona late today, the storm clouds rolled in and the heavens opened up with torrential rain, so we decided it was best to stay here at Tossa de Mar for the night. After finding a hotel we headed out for dinner in the castle restaurant. We had an amazing 3 course dinner. We shared a lovely grilled vegetables platter for entree, then DB had Prawns Au Gratin and I had Seafood Paella, followed by ice-cream for DB and Crema Catalina (Creme brulee) for me. Every course was delicious. It was a lovely walk through the cobbled streets back to our hotel as the rain had stopped and the weather was quite pleasant.

We ended up driving 280 km today but are still 106 km from Barcelona.

Tolls 16,85