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Tuesday, 30th August 2016
Join us today as we travel across the border into Spain to visit the seaside town of Roses on the Costa Brava.
Having our home base in Céret, France provides the benefits of being so close to Spain.
We discovered Roses last year (May 2015) and decided to go for a seafood lunch at the same restaurant "L'Estrop".
The fishing village / tourist site was much busier today than last May.
Many people on the beaches enjoying themselves sunbathing, swimming in the bay as Summer was nearing it's end. Temperatures have continued to be extremely hot!
We knew where we were going this time; we got lucky in finding a parking spot on the Main Street at the beach.
We were happy to see that "Marta" the friendly, front of house greeter was still at L'Estrop when we arrived.
We were quickly seated ... order taken.
It was a delicious lunch ... we enjoyed the olives, bread and fresh olive oil (Oli de L'Avi Pere) ...
Marta's father's olive oil!
Señor Honey chose fish soup as his starter, we shared a delicious salad and the grilled fish and seafood platter followed by Creme Catalan.
It was all as tasty as we remembered!
And of course, I had to buy a bottle of Marta's father's olive oil as a souvenir to take home.
The family business operates two restaurants and have apartment rentals in Roses ...
From here we drove the coastal road back to Céret ... a terrifying experience for me!
Winding, twisting and full of switchback curves high above the Mediterranean Sea with shear drops on my side of the car!
I didn't get many photos of our travels from high above ... Monsieur Honey kept saying look at that beautiful scenery but my eyes were closed quite often!
This is the type of travel I much prefer doing by train!
The hills of vineyards as we approached Banyuls sur Mer /Collioure ...
It was a fun day that got my adrenaline going ...
