Girona
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| Onyar River, Cathedral in the background and me on Eiffel Bridge |
With the entire europe in high travel season, i decide to stick close to Barcelona and decide on a weekend trip to Girona.
While preparing for my trip, i realized to my surprise that some seasons of Game of Thrones was filmed in Girona!
As you can imagine, my trip quickly morphed into focusing on finding as many film sites as i can!
https://winteriscoming.net/2015/08/23/check-out-pictures-of-the-girona-locations-game-of-thrones-will-be-filming-and-when/
And of course, a picture taken with the fake throne when it comes my way
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| This is potentially one of the silliest thing i ever done =) |
Saturday though, is one of the hottest day since i got to Spain, as Southern Europe is getting hit with Lucifer heatwave. It was certainly not fun to be walking at 36 deg C at 2pm.
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| Screen capture at 2pm on Sat |
I understood now why a lot of Spain old town buildings are built the way they are. Tall, near and made of stones. Eating lunch in one of the restaurants in old town, i noticed the square stayed cool, as long as the sun is at an angle, and it's difficult for the heat to penetrate to the bottom.
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| The building shadows explains why they built the old city this way in the Meditteranean |
The Girona Cathedral is impressive, taking 600 years to build, with some uncertainty for 50 years on how to build the nave!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girona_Cathedral
And Game of Thrones fans will recognize this as where Jamie Lannister rode the horse and CiCi started the walk of shame.
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| Full Cathedral front with steps |
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| Close shot of the front |
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| Side of the Cathedral |
There's a lot of treasures in the Cathedral, including the Tapestry of Creation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapestry_of_Creation
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| Leading to the outside of the church |
Near to Girona is the Basilica which has one of the most impressive cloister that i have seen It reminds me of St Peters with all the marble
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_de_San_F%C3%A9lix_(Girona)
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| The full Basilica across the River, with Cathedral in the background |
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| Cloister in the Basilica |
The other street sights of Girona
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| The Theater |
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| The Pont de les Peixateries Valles by Eiffel |
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| The city view from the Fortress wall |
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| The Independence square, near Romb ice cream =) |
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| The Houses with their reflection in Onyar |
The Jewish quarter in Girona is one of the most well preserved big body of old town buildings. Sunday i also got free access to the Jewish Museum where the last Jewish Synagogue was located. The website explains how the Jewish came and went in Girona.
http://www.redjuderias.org/google/google_maps_print/cronologia-girona-en.html
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| The star of David marks the last synagogue |
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| A calendar/clock device in the garden |
As I was hunting down the filming sites for GOT, i started wandering around the Jewish quarter. It is amazingly romantic and an overall feeling of quaintness as corners to corners are so isolated. I can totally see myself walking here hand in hand with Bill after dinner =)
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| Steps where Arya sat Begging and what brought Girona fame in GOT |
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| Beautiful Streets of Girona, with a painting below the archway |
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| The Steps of Sant Mart |
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| La Escola Pia Street |
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| Escola D'Pia Street with sharp corners and turns |
I was really hungry by 1pm having skipped breakfast and Llevataps (where i wanted to go) wasn't opened by 115pm. I decide to eat at this place beside it and it turned out to be quite good
Decide to go for another 1-star Michelin restaurant for dinner and i picked Nu as it's close enough to walk and has decent reviews. The food is good but not as good as Etxanobe though. Basque country won this round ^_^
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| My Meal at Nu |
This is an ice cream shop done by the one of the 3 brothers who had the best restaurant in the world. Needless to say i have to stay by and try it. It is one of the creamiest frozen yogurt i tried before. I prefer the passion fruit over the baked apple flavour. I should have tried the ice cream though as i still prefer ice cream over frozen yoghurt.
http://www.rocambolesc.com/
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| Patatas Bravas at Konig sandwich |
