On to Zaragoza- Day 39

LThe day dawned bright and sunny - too late to get the best of Girona, as we faced a good drive to Zaragoza in the middle of North Spain. The drive was mostly easy on good highways and once past the outskirts of Barcelona there was little traffic. The quality of Spanish roads is very good, but it comes at a cost, as we paid 36 euro in tolls.

Entry into Zaragoza was supposed to be simple, but a closed bridge and a road direction change next to our hotel had as doing u-turns and other manoeuvres. After running to talk to the hotel it was best to give up and just take an underground carpark near the Cathedral.

The view from our room at the impressive Cathedral is brilliant and the town is wonderful to walk around. Like Bordeaux, it has a lot of wide boulevards and regular trams. Lots of history to the town as well as lots of shops and tapas bars. It is a surprise to come across such a classy city as most of the route toward it was made up of grey, dry and featureless countryside.

View from our room