We had eyed up a walk to the castle walls and turrets, so today we decided to get out early doors before it got too hot and before too many annoying tourists were out. We popped into a café to get a coffee and a croissant en route and headed along the beach towards said walls.
It was a lovely stroll and the path was a nice gradient and still in the shade with a cool breeze although rapidly heating up as we got towards 10 o’clock.
We stopped for 10 minutes, also at the top to admire the view. We both got the collywobbles slightly but were very brave. The sea stretched for miles glittering in the sun, and the parts that were closer to the coast looked gorgeous aqua colour.
At about 10 to 10, we slowly made our way back down, through a labyrinth of old cobbled steps, admiring the flowers and fauna.
We made our way to the women’s museum which we had seen on a previous day and it advertised itself as essential to any visitor of Tossa De Mar. For €2 and some air-conditioning we decided to take that. It did not disappoint – the air-conditioning was wonderful! And there was a really lovely little cat that was guarding the entrance and then nestled itself into one of the baskets on the boat . The house itself was an old farmhouse and it told the stories of different women that had worked the land through throughout the ages and had some interesting photographs and architecture. There was also a cave fridge which Linds was rather taken by. I found it damp, smelly and claustrophobic, but horses for courses! The little street that it was on deserves a mention as well, as it was so beautiful with all the green pots outside the front although the photo doesn’t even do it justice.
After longing out these six small rooms, and loitering slightly too long over the air-conditioning units, we headed back into the main newer part of the town to find what we lovingly call the piggy shop because it had piggies outside and it’s old piggies inside in the way of ham. (there is a photo of it on a previous day that we had spotted it. We decided to buy one of their Iberico ham baguettes or Bocadillo as they call them to share for lunch alongside the fruit salad that was intended for our breakfast, but as we wanted to make haste, we decided to save that for a different meal.
Nearly €8, I’m sure we will enjoy it! Linds tells me the larger hanging joint of this ham was €1639, so we are expecting great things !
Verdict: it was tasty but not better than the accidental Bocadillo that we had on the first day, and the bread was very fresh but quite sharp in the mouth. I had a refreshing shower and then…
Nap o’clock!