Girona to Barcelona - Thrones, Popes & F1 🎵

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Sometimes taking time to travel and time travel seem to merge. Am I here and now? Or was I there and then? Past and present combine somehow. 

The Catalan city of Girona blends time seamlessly - from high-end boutiques and restful gardens 

with music resonating from random spaces,


and drums beating from usually quiet plazas,

to medieval masterpieces (remember the giant staircase in Game of Thrones?)

So much to take in!

After an afternoon of wandering in time, it was time for a pizza . . .

As I closed the door and departed Girona next morning - I was not at all sure how far I would get. 

The plan was to make my way to Barcelona and then on to Leon and rejoin the pilgrim way on the Camino Frances.

The problem was that the timetable on the bus company app bore little resemblance to what the people told me in the ticket offices (yes I went to several- in different parts of Barcelona), and to actual buses parked in the station bays. So what should I do?


Oh well, I need to overnight in Barcelona.
Pope Leo and I seem to be treading the same path.

He left town yesterday- so unfortunately missed The Wombats gig. So did I - left it too late. . .

Still, no worries- there’s always other things worth digging for in Barcelona, such as these layers of Roman, medieval and Renaissance civilisation below the streets of the Gothic Quarter.

As well as marvelling at the masonry- signed by this ancient Roman.

After a less than high-end breakfast this morning in the hostel backyard,

I noticed there were some present day Romans in town - Ferrari supporters, on their way to the Formula One on this weekend.

Tempting - but the Camino is calling. I am now on the bus back to Leon to rejoin the Camino Frances.











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