Okay, Collioure, France is officially the most beautiful, quant town I have seen. It is right on the water and everything about it is absolutely amazing. We left Saturday morning at 9:30 am and arrived at 1:30ish pm after our bus driver took a wrong turn causing us to be an hour later than we should have been. We were all pretty cranky and hungry, but as soon as we got to the town and got our lunch we were feeling better. Then we realized, none of us speak French and we are in France. Problem? Possibly, but we were still in Catalunya so we were hoping some people would speak Spanish, or maybe even English?!
After checking out our hotel and dropping our stuff off, we got a tour of a French castle! It was right on the water and was beautiful. The stones and architecture were so amazing to look at, how cool would it have been to live there?! We were all talking about how much culture there is in all the places we are visiting and how we don't see things that this in the states.
After the castle, we headed to visit the gravesite of Antonio Machado, a famous Spanish poet. Our professors had each of us write a poem about either family, nature, love, etc. and we each read our poems at the gravesite and laid them on the tomb. It was a really nice gesture and even though most of our poems weren't too great and were pretty elementary, it was still a good experience for us.
Then we headed for a tour of the town on the "petit train" which is basically a little train that takes tourists around. We finally had this tour in English, except it was British English so it was really formal and actually really funny to listen to! The town was so beautiful - literally we were surrounded by wine vineyards and the Mediterranean Sea. It didn't feel like real life!
We had the rest of the night to explore the town, get dinner, and do whatever we wanted to! We walked around and shopped for a bit before dinner. We found a great chocolate store and I got literally the best chocolate I have ever tasted in my life. I spent 10 euros on a bag of chocolate and it was totally worth it, I have never been so satisfied in my life. I promise I'm not exaggerating! We headed back to the hotel to change and we also picked up some wine, a baguette, and cheese to share after dinner...I mean, we were in France so we felt it was appropriate! We headed back out to find a place for dinner - me, Ally, and Anne found a great little café in one of the side streets and got paninis with grilled potatoes. Oh man, it was such a great meal and definitely hit the spot! Then it was time for crepes, again, when in France...we just had to for dessert! I got a chocolate and banana crepe, Anne got a nutella crepe, and Ally got a carmel, almond, and vanilla ice cream crepe. We all shared with each other, and I'm not exaggerating it was the best crepes I have ever had! I thought I was going to explode from all the food, but it was SO worth it! We headed back to hang out at the hotel for a little bit and catch up with the rest of our group. We had some of our wine, bread, and cheese and then went back out to join the group. We all ended up at this outside bar and were just having drinks and hanging out. It was a really fun night and was just really relaxing.
The next morning, we were served a breakfast of croissants and baguettes - so much bread! After breakfast, we headed to the bus to go back to Tarragona. On our way back, we stopped in Figueres, a town in Spain where the Dalí museum is. We got to spend about 2 and a half hours touring and exploring the Dalí museum, which was so cool. Dalí was a crazy genius, his artwork is so intricate and detailed and you will never understand everything about it. I think that is why it is so intriguing because he had so many thoughts and genius ideas, it blows my mind. After the museum, we headed to a lunch of bread and then the main course was an assortment of meats. It was pretty good, just different because they cook their meats different over here! But it was good all in the same! Then it was time to head back to Tarragona after a long day of traveling! We all passed out on the bus! It was such a great weekend though. I loved the town of Collioure and would love to go back one day. Southern France is gorgeous and I miss it already!
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