Erasmus in Barcelona: Girona, Temps de Flors and the Dalí Museum

Hola gente guapa,

first of all I have to apologize for not writing for so long. During some time, I had some problems with my internet connection, which made it quite difficult to write something online :-)

Some time ago, I went to the north-east of Catalunya to visit one of the must-sees in Catalunya: the beautiful ancient city Girona.
Luckily during that weekend, la gente were celebrating a famous local event there, temps de flors, or time of flowers.

Funny group picture in Girona

The trip to Girona was my first trip organized by Barcelona Trips and I was surprised, in a positive way. Everything was well organized, but still there was more than enough time for yourself to explore the city on your own according to your preferences (Thanks Hemo!!!). So once we arrived in Girona, we where equipped with maps and we could decide where to go and what to see.

And there is a lot to see in this beautiful city.

Pretty tall, those flower girls

Some people might know this city because of its airport, since Ryanair is using this one instead of El Prat closer to Barcelona. But it would be insulting to reduce a city with as much history as Girona only to an airport for cheap airlines.

For instance the cathedral of Girona. It was started being build more than 700 years ago and finally finished 400 years later. Also the city has been the stage for famous battles, like when Napoleon captured it in 1809. Unfortunately during Franco´s regime parts of the city have been distroyed due to several battles during WW II.

La Catedral de Santa Maria

Els banys árabs - the Arabian Spa (built around 1200 AD)

Flowers, flowers everywhere

Afterwards we headed further to a little town about 20 minutes from Girona, called Figueres - the home of the world-renowned artist and painter Salvador Dalí. About 50 years ago, he converted the municipal theatre into a museum, where he exposed his own collection of art together with some of his own paintings and sculptures.

In front of the museum

The museum´s building from the outside

I really enjoy Dalí´s style of painting. Especially in his surrealistic creations, he hides an amazing amount of details - sometimes very confusing, because they do not seem to fit together at first glance. Although I am usually not that much into art, his style amazed me and I could spend hour after hour full of surprise and astonishment in front of his paintings

Soft Self Portrait with Grilled Bacon (best title ever!!)

Violetes Imperials by Dalí

The persistence of memory

A perspectivic "portrait" of Dalí´s wife Gala Éluard Dalí

Finally to finish our trip we stopped at a little Medieval town close by, Besalú. It characterizes the typical Spanish town, a Medieval place with a lot of narrow paths drawing through the town