Short Spanish trips, Sat, 22 Aug 2020 | written by Simon
Jemma and Simon at a City, Museum in Europe, Spain

We set of from Barca on Friday evening, and slept at a parking lot in a village outside Figueres so we can go to town early next day. The night was hard – it was super hot and stuffy, and dogs kept barking. Not ideal. Jemma woke up quite tired and remained that way all day.

We got to Figueres a bit later and not in the chirpiest of moods. But at least the morning was relatively cool and cloudy, so we could decompress.

We started with Castell de Sant Ferran a fort built in the Napoleonic era, partially unfinished, partly destroyed in the Civil War, and now largely crumbling. Still, a pretty interesting spot, and with great views! Is all very much a military structure completely devoid of aesthetic value. In one place the guide gets all excited about the extra aesthetic features of the officer quarters – turned out they’re still very basic structures, but have a line of tiles on them.

Back in town, we bought our tickets to the Dali museum and, having some time to kill before or turn, hit the town. There isn’t much to see, tbh – St Pere, where Dali was baptised, isn’t particularly impressive. The Rambla is ok, but it’s not much. We didn’t try the various museums, as they seemed like tourist traps for those who came here for Dali and don’t know what else to do.

We ate some supermarket salmon with an obnoxious amount of goat cheese at the Rambla, walked about a bit more, sat behind the Dali Theatre-Museum… Is it our turn yet? Finally, it was!

The museum is great, the whole place is gloriously surrealist inside out. Is fantastic to see it again and recall that while in pop culture Dali might seem like a one trick pony, he’s actually a very versatile artist. A really inspiring visit in terms of future house decor, too!