Roses, Catalona

Although we were only there earlier this week, our holiday seems an age ago! Roses, where we stayed, was a delightful place.

It seems SE Spain has had some bad floods. Luckily the weather was very good for us, as the photo shows.

So we don't forget when we get senile, I have made a blog. See https://roses2019.blogspot.com/

No Litter

One thing that has impressed us in Catalonia is the lack of litter. If any is dropped it is picked up. Unlike the UK they seem to have civic pride.

Huge buffets

At our hotel in Catalonia they provide huge buffets. The photo shows just a little bit. There is free wine and water every meal.

Barcelona Tall Ship

On our 1.5 hour harbour trip yesterday we passed this ship.

Homemade Recordings

Back in the 1960s a friend and I made some homemade recordings using a big horn, lots of shouting and old coffee jar lids! To this day I still have one of these records, but no means to play it.

See https://sites.google.com/site/g3xbmqrp3/record

Grandchildren on Bikes

One of our sons is staying with us with his son and daughter until later in the week. Th photo shows them on their bikes last night. Luckily it is very quiet here with very few cars.

Crab Apples

We have one crab apple tree. Two years ago we had about 500 fruits and made crab apple jelly which is delicious with some meats. Last year we had just 15!  This year we have a bumper crop as the photo shows. Someone once told me these are good every other year.

See https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/7661/crab-apple-jelly