Last weekend we went by car to Barcelona for the weekend. From our house it is about 500 kms. We had lunch in Carcassonne, a medieval town worth seeing. A bit touristy, but that was to b expected.
We had another stopover at Girona on the Costa Brava, just 100 kms north of Barcelona, where we picked up Tony and Karin, who flew in from Holland. 
We spent the weekend in Barca, lovely hotel, good food, (not as good as in France though) and visited all the touristic sites, including the Segrada Familia from the famous architect Gaudi. Beautiful and weird at the same time.
And we had paella with beer of course. (or was it beer with paella?)
