Sitges - Fireworks

We headed out to dinner last night and it was only as we approached the town that I realised I had left my camera behind and there was supposed to be the climax of the Fiesta Day to look forward to!

We ran into David M, from the Chorus, on one of the streets in the old town. He is here with a friend as Paul, his partner, is off in Brazil with a different friend. He’d had a nasty run-in with a rock while swimming and had a number of stitches in his forehead. Apparently he had been down at our hotel during the day to say hi, but we had obviously been out of town. We invited him to join us for cocktails and/or dinner but he had an errand to run and so scooted off.

We dined in a place called Gabriel’s, which had much more of a Spanish feel to it than our previous choices; the menu was laid out in Spanish style, with a vegetable salad buffet for starter followed by a meat plate that was very light on carbohydrates and vegetables. The waiting staff (owners?) were exuberantly friendly and gave us plenty of time between courses and advice on what to choose. All very pleasant.

Afterwards, we headed down to the beach for 11pm to watch the fireworks – along with most of the rest of the town! We managed to find spaces to sit towards the end of the one of the rock piers which divide the beaches and minimise erosion and we had a fine view back towards to the old town.

Shortly a single rocket went up and exploded with a huge bang. This was the cue for the lights along the front to go out, then the lights in the old town and progressively every hotel along the front turned off their exterior lighting. It was all very well done.

The display itself was heavy on the noise but very colourful and spectacular too. I am sure it wasn’t as good as the displays which we are now unlikely to see in Barcelona, but it was a nice way to round off the day. Around half-eleven, we wended our weary way back to the hotel and fell into our beds after a long, but enjoyable, day.

Today has been lazy. We breakfasted late, lazed around, took a wander into town which was mostly shut (Fiesta Day) and then came back to the hotel for a siesta. I’ve been sorting out the photographs from yesterday and blogging, while Brett has been reading. Tonight we are going back to the Flamboyant restaurant for our final dinner in Sitges. I think there may be a bit of partying goes on afterwards too…