On the beach!

It seems that summer has made an early appearance in Lloret de Mar this year, although saying that we haven't really had too bad a winter. Yesterday was a perfect day for the beach, we had a walk over to Boadella beach and were surprised to see how many had made the same decision. Boadella is a naturist beach and plenty were baring all yesterday but there were also several families there to enjoy the 22ºc temperature! I was pleased to see that Boadella has escaped the batting from the rough seas that has caused all the damage to Lloret and Fenals beaches.

 Keeping the beach clean, these little trucks empty the bins and gather any rubbish.

Would you believe the difference in the weather now to how it was at the same time back in 2010 when the snowfall of March 8th caused thousands of homes to be without power for 5-6 days, see the photos below.

Shopping in Lloret

 There were some great bargains to be found with the last of the sales goods in Lloret today, many of the shops had clothing items for as little €5. One rail I saw had some lovely winter coats on sale for only €25...and for the summer months they had bikinis for only €5!

 Brightly coloured Pashminas were on sale at this stall for a fraction of the normal cost, hopefully we wont be needing them in Lloret until next winter but well worth buying now and putting away till then.

 Bouncy castle to keep the kids happy, while mum goes shopping!

Lloret by Night

Boadella Beach - Lloret de Mar

 Good weather is forecast for this weekend in Lloret, just now (Fri 7th March 2.30pm) its 18º and sunny without a cloud in the sky. For anyone who has planned to visit Lloret this week then here are a few pictures from yesterday at the Boadella Beach.

Getting an allover tan!

 Great weather for walking the dogs or a family day out.

Taking it easy at Santa Clotilde Gardens

End of the Carnival week

Today was the last day of the week long carnival celebrations with the strange custom of 'burying the sardine' complete with a horse drawn carriage, coffin and wailing mourners! All this started off in Placa de Torrent at 8pm this evening, from here the procession made its way towards Sant Pedro and then to the Town Hall where more mourners were gathering. After the speeches etc which took place on the stage the large paper mâché sardine was taken over to the beach and burned, strange customs indeed!

 The procession makes its way down towards the town hall.

 Preparing the food for the mourners!

The sardine is 'cremated' on the beach.