Cayacae, Roses and Emporia!!!

It has been an incredible weekend so far, we took a trip yesterday to the beautiful fishing village of Cayacay on the Costa Brava, the place the Salvador Dali called home for most of his life. The village is located on the juncture of the sprawling Pyrenees mountains, which form the border between Spain and France. Only accessible by boat, Cayacae is a quiet, pristine paradise that has yet to be overrun by tourists. I was amazed by the complexity of the buildings and their location, carved right out of the rolling mountains and rocky cliff sides. The undoubted highlight of the trip was a swim in the azure, aquamarine expanse of the Mediterranean off a chartered glass-bottom boat, complete with several dolphin sightings and views of the craggy, steep landscape of the igneous formed cliff sides and caves.

Emporia, an extremely well preserved set of enormous Greek and Roman ruins dating back to 600 BCE, was incredible as well, situated directly on the shores of the sandy Mediterranean and also next to a beach side bar/restaurant that serves up delicious jamon, bogadillas, and a refreshing Lemon/beer combination on tap. The beaches were amazing and even had reachable cliffs that others in our group explored and took some ecstatic dives into the water from. More to come very soon!! Now the pictures, :)

1. Pyrenees mountains, Roses, Spain
2. Us at the Emporia Roman/Greek Ruins c. 600-200 BCE
3,5. Emporia Beach, Notice the Pyrenees in the background. It is about 50-60 km from the French border.
4. Emily enjoying a glass of agua? at the beach bar, notice la copa in her hand
6. Greek statue of Asclepius, Apollo's son and god of medicine and healing