Ginora is truly a hidden treasure! Here is how we got here...our
trusty host in Barcelona said there are sunflower fields in a town an
hour away so we booked our hostel, got on a train and arrived in this
dream land! Girona is the perfect blend of gorg buildings with balconies
filled with vibrant flowers/ breathtaking cathedrals and a lush green
land of glorious trees and flowers and all those in that category that
make you just wanna wear a dress with a sun hat and dance around! So we
decided we would want to live here and make often trips to Barcelona.
We arrived and walked about15 minutes to our hostel. May I add that we get
directions/maps of our desired destination on our handy iPhones in wifi,
take screen shots, then try to navigate around those. And we've been
quite successful! We set our stuff down and quickly got our day started,
considering we had very limited time in the town! Nicole and Riley were
leaning towards renting bikes to see the fields and kendall and I
wanted to get lost in the town and explore the flower festival taking
place through out it! We ended up splitting up, which made
everyone happy to do what they wanted. We said we would meet up at 7pm
in our hostel but unfortunately the girlies didn't end up biking due to
out of seasoned flower fields and other restricting factors that wasn't
worth the money. They ended up exploring the town too but we never
crossed paths. However, we all did essentially the same thing...romped
the town oooing and awing at the creativity in the flower expositions.
The town reminded me of Italy with the narrow neighborhoods and we
walked all through them and the expositions were all in random
little holes in the walls, literally. It was all biazzare and beautiful!
Oh and the croissants we had today!! Holy mother of pearls, let's just
say we can not wait to get our behinds to Paris tomorrow!
We later met up and headed to the market for lunch food on the train
tomorrow (13 hour train ride, baby!). We walked out with a box of dry
cereal, a bag of large rabbit carrots, and 4 oranges. Talk about a
hearty meal! Then we went to Steve McCurry's photography exhibit. It
was seriously incredible. His work inspired us all to travel the world,
and expanding our geographical awareness. By this time we were quite
hangry, if you know what I mean! And on the way to find some grubs, boy
did we find some fiiiine boys ;) we all decided these Spanish men and
are most beautiful people on the planet. We literally stop and stare too
often. Anyways, then we got food and Kendall, then again, got her fix of
the country's famous food dish (sausage was tonight!). The meal pace is
so slow here! Us, Americans come and eat then leave! So we are trying to
adapt and have to continually remind ourselves to slow down! Even if
it's just chips and guacamole! And after we had to get dessert, duh! And
gelato it was! The deliciousness goes with out saying. When we got back
to the hostel we met 4 fellow (cute!) travelers from Canada and Sweden.
They were so nice and sparked conversation. We all, embarrassingly
freaked out and camped out in the lobby area of the hostel in hopes they
would come hang out with us...they did! We chatted and don't worry
mothers, it was all harmless! But it was fun meeting other travelers!
We absolutely LOVE Girona and are baffled to why it isn't a more
popular tourist location. Tomorrow we set foot to Paris and we couldn't
be more excited! Love you all! Peace and blessing!
Now I want to go to Girona! So fun to meet other travelers, especially cute ones ;)
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