Today is my last day in Barcelona. It’s been a great trip, including a week-long jaunt down to Almería and Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata-Níjar for some of the sol (y luz) Andaluz. Even in December, it was nice there (except for our first few days). Not super-hot, but better than Barcelona and way better than Montréal. But the night we arrived in Almería (Friday, December 2), there was a gale-force wind blowing and our “little” plane (well, not so little but it had propellers) almost skittered sideways off the runway. At the restaurant that night and in the room, the wind howled and made the walls shudder. In fact, kind of like the Patagonia experience. I think the winds were gusting to around 90km/h or so. But after those first few days, we never had that kind of stormy wind. Sure, the coast and cliffs are exposed, windy places, but the winds we experienced in the rest of the trip were “normal” ones…¡menos mal!
Some favourite photos will follow — watch this space!