We had a great meal here in Gerona a few nights back-we are in Catalunya and even though just over the border from France, it is all so different, well Spanish, in fact!
We were directed to a new little restaurant that specializes in Tapas and good Spanish wine. So besides the bread served with 3 different salts and olive oil, we had figs that were crystallized, served warm, stuffed with (I wish I knew what!) -totally delicious; melt in the mouth salmon tartare; skewered peppered beef ( a speciality of the region) - Alan’s eyes sparkling when he ate this; delicious grilled sardines - my eyes sparkling….. And little ravioli style “money-bags” - pasta was softer and thicker - subtle cheese filling and sort of “washed” in pesto-! So when you are in Girona, head to Divinum in the old quarter.
Remarkable place - new parts built into and part of the old - 1 particular design/furniture shop, Parbodia made up of different spaces around the excavations and next to the mikvah (Jewish ritual bath) used up until the expulsion of Jews in 1492. The Jewish Museum is next door on the site of the last synagogue which closed on the eve of the Inquisition ending a Jewish presence here since Girona’s early formation.
There is also Park John Lennon- yes, named after the one and only-haven’t found out why yet and with my limited, well almost no Spanish, don’t think I will.
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