DAY 21, LLORET DE MAR DAY ONE ARRIVED FROM FIGURES

A very short drive today down to the coast. We found the somewhat grandly named Roger de Flor high on a hill above town. Looks nice and the receptionist was most helpful and told us we had a lovely room on the 6^th floor. Okay and where are the elevators? Oh no elevators! Jane looked at him aghast, en serio? Oh it is okay we are on the 4^th floor here! It is okay I will help you, nevertheless we have a lot of stairs to climb! He deposited us in our huge attic room with a beautiful view of the Mediterranean. The bathroom and shower are down four steps but the Jacuzzi is in the corner on the opposite side of this huge room and in the other corner are two sofas! I hope I do not have to get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom!

There are three buses in the parking lot, a bunch of teenagers milling around and a Taekwondo group practicing out by the pool. Their enthusiasm is a bit muted! The Sensei is not exactly inspiring as he calls commands from his chair. I bet breakfast will be interesting!

Turns out that the city run parking lot next to the beach is a bargain, we ventured forth for lunch fare, we settled on a pizzeria  right next to the beach that offered seafood and so we had calamares, almejas, and manchego cheese with draft beers to wash it all down. There are a lot of pizzerias here! After our simple repast we wandered around a bit. Very, very touristy with German, French, British and even some Russians! I think I like Tossa de Mar better. Our beaches are so much better but I do love how the beach and the sea are the focus and for everyone. Of course there are lots of hotels and apartments but across the road and not blocking access to the beach. I believe a siesta is in order! We will be back down for dinner!

We parked again in the city lot next to the beach and walked to the far end via the 2^nd parallel street lined with souvenirs and trinkets for sell. Ultimately we settled on a fresh interesting place that had patrons eating what looked like a great pizza. We went into La Latino resturante and sat down. Rose wine and a  warm salad with scallops, and then separate entrees, Jane a paella and Paul his cannellonis. All was excellent and was washed down with more Rose. Day one completed and we headed back to the Roger de Flor Hotel on the hill above the beach.