Nora's Visit

Nora is helping her friend in Switzerland who just had twins and is taking some online courses to finish her Master's degree in early childhood development. As previously mentioned, Nora was able to take a few days off to visit us in Spain. I was very happy to have such good company!
We enjoyed a quiet evening on Sunday and went to Falset to look around. I had some work to do at the Cooperativa Monday morning and then we drove over to the beach at Hospitalet. It was a nice, warm day and we were able to picnic on the boardwalk. We walked down the beach into Hospitalet and looked at the marina. Nora was able to dip her toes in the Med for the first time. She said it was cold and I believe her!
About 2 a.m. on Tuesday morning, a terrific wind storm swept through. There were sustained winds of at least 40 mph and it went on all through Tuesday. Did you ask "How windy was it?". Well,...let's just say it blew my chickens off the porch and almost blew my nipples off!!!
I felt bad for Nora because it was uncomfortably windy almost the whole time she was here. It's not much fun to play outside in these conditions. I went to the Cooperativa Tuesday morning to bottle some samples of Barcelona Tinto. Nora was a tremendous amount of help in getting them labeled. We went to Miravet in the afternoon and Nora was impressed. Tuesday night I took her to Isabella's restaurant (a.k.a. The Dog and The Cat). The pub downstairs was packed with local chicos watching the Barça vs Man City futbol game. They had it on in the dining room, too, so we were able to watch while enjoying one of Isabella's famous tortillas. You'll be happy to learn that Barça prevailed and Nora had a traditional Catalan experience!
Nora had to return to Eileen's Wednesday morning in order to catch a flight back to Lausanne. We stopped by Finca Alta on the way to the train station.
Nora and I had some wonderful conversations. She speaks often and affectionately of her family and our mutual circle of friends. I hope she'll come back to see us!