Spain – today's worry

We have several hours to drive to get to our next stop in Lleida, Spain so why not find something interesting along the way? We settled on seeing the town of Vic, Spain which has a medieval art museum.

The drive is pleasant. We stop for fuel and a cup of espresso along the way. We notice that a play yard next to the gas station/eatery has a Roomba type machine running in the area. I see another one in someone’s yard as we enter Vic. From what I can glean from the internet, it is a robotic lawn mower. Wish I had taken a picture. Here’s a picture I did take.

Traveling from France back into Spain we see the snow-capped Pyrenees

When we arrive in Vic there is some sort of festival going on and the streets are blocked off which makes the GPS very unhappy. We duck into an underground parking garage and emerge in the middle of the festival. We know we are getting close to the medieval museum when we pass the Roman temple from the 1st century.

Finally we find the museum and it is chock-a-block full of the stuff we love. Plus they have an app you can download to your phone which tells you about the art using the WiFi in the museum. This is great. Now I have a bunch of pictures of the things we saw which I am putting in a gallery in case no one wants to look at the pictures but us. Click on one for enlarging.

There is a special exhibit of ivories. This one from the end of the 10th century is St.Paul

Here is an ivoryog Christ with the Emperor Otto II and his wife Empress Theophanu, 10th century

Altarpiece dedicated to St. Martin, 12th century

Altarpiece dedicated to St. Andrew, 12th century

Rare wooden Deposition group with articulated arms, 12th century

Fresco of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden after they had eaten the forbidden fruit, 11-12th century

More of same fresco where St. Michael is throwing them out of Eden

Altarpiece dedicated to St. Lawrence, 12th century

Altarpiece of St. Margaret, 12th century

St. Peter and St. Paul display their attributes, early 14th century

Left Michael the Archangel decides fate of human Right Sts.Peter and Paul, 13th century

Cosmos and Damian altarpiece, 14th century

14th century painting Madonna and Child with angel musicians

After a very enjoyable visit to the museum we head out in search of lunch. Up the street not too far from the museum is a place called El Bixto Italiana. We like Spanish Italian food so in we go.

Mary: bresaola with parmesan, arugula and shaved pear. The meat is too much but the pear is delicious!

John: bruschetta with ham and and parmesan

Mary: it is listed as eggplant parmesan but is actually more like eggplant lasagna

Then we are off for the final leg to Lleida. We are staying at the Finca Prats resort. We chose this because it is kind of equidistant from Zaragoza, Huesca, and Barcelona where we must catch the plane on Wednesday. When we check in we are told that we are being upgraded to a suite. The suite is nice and large and it has its own little outdoor area with a personal hot tub which we will probably not use.

Living room with sliders out to the hot tub

The restaurant at the hotel does not open until 8:30PM which is typical for Spain. We had a big lunch so we ask if we can just get something small. They say sure. It turns out that the restaurant is very gourmet full of wonderful things to eat. The olive oil is superb. It turns out that Lleida is the premium center for arbequina olive oil production. We could make a whole meal of this wonderful olive oil.

Tag: Spain

To Lleida, Spain by way of Vic. 4/14/19