Girona; Sunday, 06 November, 2022

I had a bit of a lie in and a late breakfast before checking out of the hotel and heading on into town to visit the last two museums I wanted to see.

First stop of the morning was the museum of Jewish history which tells the story of the Jewish population in Girona. Arriving in the 800s the population grew and helped grow the city, but as is so often the case with European History the population was on the end of antisemitic politics as part of the Spanish Inquisition and the remaining population was expelled from the country in May 1492. The museum is located on the site of where the bath house and synagogue are thought to have been and with the ruins of these buildings and a number of artefacts the museum charts the history.

Only about 100m further up the road is the Girona History museum. Housed in a 15th century house which was converted in the 1700s into a Capuchin monastery the museum tells the story of the city, starting with the Roman settlement through to the modern day.

Having done both the museums I had about an hour to kill, so I wandered down to a café near the archaeological museum for a light bit to eat and a drink before making my way back to the hotel to collect my luggage and head back over to the station to pick up the train back to Barcelona.

Originally I had a 27 minute connection in Barcelona to make the train to the airport, but with the train leaving Girona 5 minutes late and then grinding to a halt in the tunnel outside Barcelona-Sants station for 10 minutes I only had about 10 minutes to grab my transfer ticket from the machine and make my way down to the platform to catch the train out to the airport, which I did with about a minute to spare.

From the airport station I caught the transit bus round to terminal 1to check in for my flight and complete my journey home.