Medieval Pals

On Wednesday morning (May 20, 2009) we also went to the medieval town of Pals. This town has all the quaint character of an old city with its narrow streets and stone walls. We enjoyed our little stroll through the old town center. We stopped off at a few touristy shops (had to pick up some postcards for the kids and a sun hat for Kimber). We also got ICECREAM! It was fun to do a little bit of sight-seeing - but now we are ready to head back to the beach!

Pictures from around town...

Just having fun...

I like this picture of Mark and Jeremy - they are looking into a building where some men were laying down new tile. I think Mark is scratching his head in wonder - as to why they do things the way they do here??

And of course - the Icecream stop!

Look closely at the picture above Silas - it is of three little kids about his age eating icecream cones and the icecream is dripping everywhere - that is exactly what was happening to Silas as he was cramming the last bit of cone into his mouth...too funny!

Castell Begur

The villa we rented in Spain was in the little town of Begur. Begur has a very unique castle up on a hill in the middle of town. We took one morning to do a bit of sight-seeing - and headed up to the catle for great views over the Spanish countryside and the Mediterranean Sea.

Castle Begur from a distance....and as we were hiking up to the top.

The view back down on the town of Begur....and what we saw at the top....little pyramids made from stone all along the edge gave it such a unique look.

The day was a bit hazy - but we still could see for miles.

We took a bunch of photos...

More from Spain

Palamos - Costa Brava - Spain

One evening we headed to the town of Palamos for supper. There was a long boardwalk along the coast - sand on one side, restaurants on the other. Most restaurants don't open until late - like 8pm, which gets a bit late for little kids like ours - and tourist season isn't in full swing yet here either - but we did happen to find a little place open and we sat outside and enjoyed our supper. We opted for some pizza this time...

Views of the coastline - our crew took up most of the boardwalk!

Silas and Jer - strolling along.

Each day we tried out a different beach. On Wednesday, May 20th, we headed to a beach by the name of Llafranc or Calella de Palafrugell (or so I think). It's hard to get all the places straight - there were so many beaches! This was a slightly larger beach, the kids enjoyed swimming, digging a huge hole, building sandcastles, and collecting sea glass and other rocks. Jer and Mark took a hike up the hill side to get some great photos.

Building sand castles and enjoying the water...

digging and playing in the huge hole.

what a cutie Shaylee is sporting Lisa's hat....as for me, I put my feet in the water, and walked along the edge - but that was as far as I went in....the water was just too cold...to be honest I was surprised Jer didn't come running over and throw me in!

Pictures from Jer's hike

The rock cliffs, and a look back on the beach we were at....

the tourquise green water - and more rock caves and inlets - best discovered by kayak...we tried to rent one, however there was a special class of sorts going on...oh well.

Did I mention that we really enjoyed this vacation- Spain was such a beautiful place.

Evening Out

After our fun day at the beach - and then relaxing by the poolside - we got cleaned up (lets just say we encountered a lot of sand, in a lot of places, which stuck to everything due to the amount of sunscreen we had applied) and then we headed out for supper. We had a scenic drive to our destination...I wish I could capture it better - but sticking my arm out my car window and snapping a picture is the best I could do...


We arrived at another beach front, which was so different from where we had been earlier in the day. This was a vast beach with TONS of sand.


We took the opportunity to get a few pictures (yes I did plan that all my kids were all in yellow).

Being kids - but aren't they cute....

And a few more pictures....

The girls: Ellie, Shaylee, Meghan, Kelsey, and Sydney -

The adults: Mark and Lisa - Kimber and Jeremy. The boys: Shane, Silas, Kelan, and Merek.

We decided to eat at a beachfront restaurant - and it ended up having great seafood...check out our platters.

I also really enjoyed this place -because the kids played in the sand while we finished up our supper and enjoyed some adult conversation! What a great ending to a fun day....and our vacation has only just begun!!!!!

On our way home from the restaurant we were following the Dicksons' - the road was very curvy and daddy was driving a bit crazy (or at least mommy thought so). The kids on the otherhand loved it - and wanted daddy to keep going around the corners crazylike - and stay right on the bumper of the Dicksons'. I kept telling daddy to slow down, and proceeded to hit him on the side of the arm a few times to get my point across!!! (great example for my kids - I know) Finally Jer backed down a bit - and then a little voice from the back seat (Shaylee's voice) says "mommy are you a scaredy-cat?" Classic - just classic!!!!

Well that sweet little voice made me realize that YES in fact I suppose I am! I don't know that I will EVER live that down. Since that night - every time we were in the rental car driving somewhere the kids would be sure and point out to me that I am a scaredy-cat when daddy is driving crazy. I guess I need to just relax and live a little.