PORT VENDRES / PERPIGNAN - 24 TO 28 MAY
And here I got stuck with the worst of weather; F9 in the Gulf de Lion, heavy rain and basic yuk. Port Vendres is a working fishing port with nothing to offer at all apart from a safe haven, a shower and a bus stop. So I took myself off to Perpignan, a historic town some 30 km up the road. The Castle at Perpignan

It was Sunday but in Spain everything was open on the Sabbath and business as usual. Not in Perpignan, everything was shut. I suppose I should have guessed.

Highlights if they could be called that were the Castle which one paid a modest 4 Euro to enter but that was a rip off - it was totally empty.

The castle's only interest was that it was the mainland HQ for the Kings if Mallorca.

The Mallorcan Kings Caste;

The wrought iron bell tower

The Cathedral and the rather fine bell tower.

Perpigan Catherdral

I took this picture of the palm trees in the main square of Perpignan; they rather typified the run down nature of the city. It was very dirty and unkempt, so unlike most places visited so far. The only excitement was walking with a protest march which was, as far as I could understand protesting the lack of civil facilities - they had a point!

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