We have just spent a week in Collioure on the French Meditteranean coast. The vineyards come down to the beach here from the Pyrenees Mountains. The town is very French with endless food shops, markets, cafes and 3 tiny beaches crammed with people. It is amazing swimming out around an ancient fort that juts into the sea. The first night we had dinner on the beach - a Pizza and bottle of local red wine, watching the passing parade. You can eat very cheaply in France if you do what we call "Self Catering" which involves going to stores that sell lots of yummy food then grabbing a bottle of wine and eating outside.
Tammy spent each day checking the progress of a cute little duckling with its mother that lived in the fort. (Editor's note: Miles also followed the progress of this little duckling closely and was often able to give me a petite canard report after his morning walk : )
This was a great place to have a coffee and watch people from all over Europe arriving on holiday. It's a tiny town so by midday it is packed with people, shopping, eating, swimming, buying silly souvenirs, floating on inflatable rafts, eating ice cream and trying to get sand out of their crevices.
Next stop Badalona (5kms up the coast from Barcelona on the beach)
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