Spain has a population of about 49 million – with a far larger land mass than the UK. The UK has a population density of about 279 people per square kilometer. Spain 96.
Tossa de Mar was put on the map in Neolithic times. It took off in the early 1950s when Ava Gardner – dating Frank Sinatra – made a film here with James Mason (Pandora and the Flying Dutchman). So making it a popular tourist destination and creating Costa Brava. There’s no information about the tradition of tossing the mayor.
We got a sense of the population distribution from today’s ride. A most pleasurable jaunt up to see if the Monks were at 2nd prayer and the down onto a great agricultural plain. Gone are vines. Replaced by apples, some cattle and arable farms.
The towns are “working”. We pass through La Bisbal, which is known for, and it shows, ceramics. Calonges has a large piece of art bought in a bring and buy sale of things from a 2004 Barcelona exhibition.
Tomorrow to Barcelona and a double rest day.
Travelling reflections 