June 13 – Sitges, Spain

Weather – 30º, it was hot

another sculpture

Steps – 10,845

Humidity – 50%

I’m surprised when I woke up today and it was 6 this morning! I may have woken up and turned over sometime before the Pride festivities ended last night, but they didn’t keep me up, nor Chris. I’m pleasantly surprised we are sleeping fine – have even napped, that’s what a little booze and heat will do.

Today, like the past 2 days, was filled with little – relaxing and wandering… soaking up Sitges. This was more or less our plan for this time here, so mission accomplished. After the go-go-go days of the cruise, it’s nice to chill.

packed beaches

One thing different about today, was the heat and lack of breeze. Yesterday, there was a light sea breeze, but today there was nothing…after our post breakfast wander to the furthest end of the Sitges strip, we were in desperate need of refreshment – we found a beach club at the far end of the strip for a beer (5€, pricy based on what we've been paying) and some beach watching.

By the time we got back to the hotel, I needed a shower and change of clothes!

watching Pedro

When we were sufficiently cooled, it was midafternoon, so we headed back out to find lunch. Yesterday we saw a place with all of our favourites on the menu…pan con tomate, calamari, padrón peppers. We found a table in the shade (of

lunch

course) and ordered all of this with a carafe of sangria – all was very good. We read in some online reviews that the food here wasn’t great, but it was – the service was slooooo (even by Spanish standards) but we had no where to go. We were
even visited by the busker, Pedro, from yesterday – earned himself another 3€, via tap!

We headed up to the old town for the walk back. It was a lot livelier than when we first walked through on our first night here when it was about 10PM. Today, late afternoon, all the shops and restaurants were humming.

sights of Sitges

We had plans to have a last Spanish meal at a pizza place just down from the hotel, but as the evening went on, we agreed

Lady Diamond

that we just weren’t feeling it. We had a bit of wine and snacks left, so we finished those, I watched the festivities across the road from the balcony, and Chris read inside (and listened to the festivities). It was a lovely night to sit on our balcony. Until today, the evenings have been cool, in fact, the 2 days ago, I put on my sweater.

There were many interesting sights to distract me from my reading!

drag show

As it turned out, we both were woken up by the Gaga show around 1:30 and were up for about 45 minutes. It's funny how some of the loud we sleep through and some not so much. The festivities were scheduled to run until 4...thankfully we can't confirm that.

I’d definitely return to Sitges, though not during a festival. I’d probably return to the Sercotel also. The location cannot be beat. There were some quirks and annoyances, but the AC was great – that is my #1 requirement.

Lori - food and day as a whole...were perfecto!