InterRail Soap Series part 10 : “Dutch inflation”

After two days Madrid (go there, It’s a lovely city!), we continued to the Spanish east coast. Out next stop was Salou to visit my “future family in law”, who were there for holiday. Of all places in the world, I never thought I would go to Salou. I’ve never been there before, but I already hated it. Salou is a famous holiday spot for Dutch people, who only go there for sun, sea, crowded beaches and party, just like Malgrat and Lloret del Mar. At least, that’s what I imagined when somebody talked about Salou. But during this Tour, I faced the real life of Salou; it was exactly what I had in my mind. Everywhere, in every shop, on the boulevard, on every corner, you hear Dutch people everywhere! Just terrible…

We planned a three day stop in Salou to visit Port Aventura, together with my future family in law. They had a huge surprise, when DJ and I arrived on the campsite: my girlfriend Maudy flew a day before to Salou to see me! She’s got a few days off from her internship and she booked directly a flight from Amsterdam to Reus. I had no idea, that she would be there! DJ knew about it since Malaga, about six days before. Maudy told him on MSN that she would fly down, once we go to Salou. Thinking of it, now I know why he was acting a little bit strange on a particular day in Malaga, when we were in an internet café checking our e-mail and why he wouldn’t let me watch on his screen…

Port Aventura is a huge amusement park! I always wanted to go there. It has Europe’s biggest rollercoaster: the Dragon Kahn. It has 8 loopings, so we all were a little bit dizzy after that ride. But of course, there are also traditional water tractions, where you get extremely wet! But what the heck, the sun is shining. We spent a hole day in the park, from 9AM till midnight!

Oeh, I almost forgot, Dirk fell in love, with this lovely girl he met in the park (see picture). As we left Salou, they just couldn’t say goodbye to each other. Deeply in love…

TO BE CONTINUED TOMORROW...