Days 51-56 (19th - 24th Oct) - Valencia to Figueres to Barcelona
Day 51 (19th Oct) (2.77 km) - Valencia to Port Lligat to Figueres: We had not seen a great number of taxis near our accommodation so decided to leave early to the station where we were catching a train to Barcelona, just in case we had to walk the whole way. We got lucky though and we came across a taxi less than 50 metres from our accommodation! The train trip was an interesting one, passing through lots of horticultural land, castles on hilltops, mountains and the sea. We reached a top speed of 235 kph on the very fast train. Once we reached Barcelona we had a 10 minute walk to where we were picking up a hire car for the next day and a half. But oops - I had booked it for the wrong day, one day late! Fortunately they had one spare car, a little manual Fiat (we'd been trying to avoid manual cars - one less thing to worry about) and after cancelling our actual booking and paying a premium for such a late booking we headed off to Port Lligat to see the Dali House Museum. The ...