Girona

Yes well....what can I say about Girona...if you are thinking of making it your holiday destination...then do yourselves a favour...and ....don't. 
What a flipping day.  We got up after a nice sleep in, leisurely got ready and left for the one hour drive here. Meandered along, found the gorgeous little gem that is Pals as the Badger mentioned...drank in the atmosphere as well as a coffee.  Called in and found his childhood holiday spot...still there, even if the then little village is now a huge sprawling holiday city that makes the Gold Cast look like a country town.  
So we arrive in Girona.  Following the address instructions plugged into Carmen the Garmin (the GPS).... she has never skipped a beat up to now.  OMG...we are climbing up bloody cobbled donkey lanes at 45 degrees .  "how's it look on your side?"...."yep you will clear it this side" as we try to get around another tight corner...the lanes getting steeper and tighter.      Signs saying no unauthorised vehicles in the city from what I could barely make out from the Spanish street signs.  Cops and security left right and centre...so no doubt we are going to face a number of fines.. finally...finally we negotiate out of the old city.    So we now try to find the 'parking' that is advertised as available with the apartment...yeah..it's a public car park....7 minutes walk away and .......full.  Bloody hell can this day...the Badgers birthday btw..can it get any worse...answer...yes it can.  We drag heavy bags from the car park...eventually.....after trying to kill time waiting for a space... back up the donkey lanes, this time on foot...to find the apartment.  A total disaster zone.  Garbage left behind, bed unmade, no towels and it is now after 5 pm. This is the worst of Airbnb.  All has been quite good up to now.  So here we are.  dumped the bags and went for dinner which was nice but Girona in the end is quite...under whelming.  Anyway for better or worse we are here for another 2 nights after tonight....There is no Hilton here...no Sheraton...that I could see today anyway..but tomorrow is indeed another day....lol.  stay tuned..all may turn out ok in the end.   Eventually someone turned up with brand new sheets in the wrappers....we have a nice freshly made bed, fresh towels and the garbage was eventually removed.  Yikes......