Girona!

I really cannot say enough about the history that every corner of this country has! Its incredible.... This past weekend we went to Girona, medieval village about an hour and a half outside of the Barcelona. Central to the city is the Catedral, gorgeous, typically middle ages, and with an incredible collection of art. Girona Cathedral, apparently has the widest Gothic nave in the world and houses the Tapís de la Creació (Tapestry of the Creation), a very rare 11t- century tapestry depicting the creation of the world, the months of the year and Biblical characters. My friend Simone and I had some fun times with the tapestry... Some of the characters are just sooooo funny looking. The Cathdral is really old and it has a little area for about 20 different saints. The outside is beautiful and everything was quite peaceful--- Barbara and I lit a candle so I feel good about that. We left it at the cross with Jesus. That sounds kinda weird. Anyways, the day was nice, we walked around and saw the sights, ate at a really nice touristy cafe and meandered along the riverside. It was pretty gorgeuos but then it started to rain so we decided to catch the train home. Okay. Pictures.

The bridge and the river all lined by colorful apartments and stores. We walked to the city center and the first thing that Monika did was go into a purse store and by two bags! Its so her!

The second is the back entrance to the cathedral. Its a gorgeous example of medieval building.

This is just some statue dude inside the museo. I thought he looked pretty mellow so I took a "dude" picture with him. Simone was all embarrassed...

The entrance to the cathedral. Its pretty detailed and I was impressed at the way the building has held up so well.