Lloret de Mar's parish church.

The church of Sant Roma in Lloret de Mar as seen after recent modernization. This part is now finished but work is still being carried out on other parts not seen in the photo.
It is said that back in 1522 when the building of the church was completed it had cost a total of 3,000 pounds. At that time the people of Lloret did not live by the coast, but out in the remote villages where they felt less threatened by attacks from 'pirates' who regularly attacked the Spanish coasts.
So now with the new church, and St Joans Tower (seen on 17th January post) which they felt gave them the added shelter and protection they needed, the people slowly began to make they homes nearer to the coast.

Weather in Costa Brava

At the moment we are experiencing some appalling weather conditions in the Lloret de Mar area. Temperatures are currently hovering around zero, and the outerlying urbanisations of Lloret were hit by heavy snowfalls last night. Aguaviva Parc was without electricity all night leaving some homes without heat.

The picture above was taken at midday today at the entrance to Mont Lloret urbanization which is at the back of Lloret Blau.
Roll on Summer.

Food in Spain.

The food in Spain varies from region to region.

It is always said that if visitors to Spain eat where the Spanish eat then you will never go wrong. The food here can never be described as spicy, but always very tasty.

The Serrano Jamon (dry cured ham) is a very popular dish. A full ham can cost anything from about 20 euros to 200+ euros, depending on the quality.

It is usually served paper thin, along with olives, or with a Catalan salad, which contains various mixed meat's.

The Street's of Lloret de Mar.

Here we have a 'dry' scene of the flooded street below. This is how it normally looks (in winter month's)

As you can see the streets are deserted.

A peaceful time of year for the residents of Lloret!

During the months of July and August this part of Lloret is absolutely cram packed with holiday makers.

Lloret de Mar Weather - Storms

October 2003

November 2001

We have been lucky these last two years not to have experienced the severe storms of 2001 and 2003. On both occasions the beach was completely washed away in parts.
Although the town hall tried to get the beach back in order for the summer season, in 2002 it still looked like a building site.

The picture taken in November 2001 was at about 11am in the morning outside the Londoner Disco. The water is actually the sea, not helped by torrential rain. This is the street of El Torito, Yates Bar, and what was still then known as the Western Saloon now the Aztec. All businesses were flooded.

The other picture was taken in October of 2003. Although the storm did not cause nearly as much damage as two years previously, it was still severe enough to take half the beach away.