La Bisbal d’Emporda is the ceramic capital of
Catalunya and the destination of my road trip this week. This road trip was made possible thanks to
the new battery I just had installed. I
will try to drive the car a little more regularly, I promise, in order not to
have this annoying and costly problem of a dead battery again.
I’ve been to La Bisbal before, years ago. When I had my shop in Tarragona, three different workshops in La Bisbal provided most of the ceramics that I sold. Unfortunately I didn’t have much of a visit
in La Bisbal this time. It was a grey
day. I woke up late, got a late start, and not
long after I arrived all the shops suddenly closed at 1 pm, and that was
that. But I had enough time to look
around and confirm that I want to come back.
Not only are there lots of ceramics shops, but also, and even better,
there are several antique shops to investigate.
Since everyone had closed down and gone to have
lunch, I did the same. My lunch was at
El Teatret, an attractive restaurant with a very good menu del dia for 12
euros. It was not off to a good start
when the waitress steadfastly ignored me for ages after I had
entered. It wasn’t that she didn’t see
me; she was very close by and could at least have uttered a welcome and asked
me to wait.
But once seated in a cozy nook at the front window, I was
very pleased with the food and the service. I’ll be back to eat
there again when I go back to scope out antiques. I have to.
My mechanic says I need to drive the car once a week and there’s no
point in just driving around in circles, is there.
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