Here Dali set up his museum in a theater burned out during the Spanish Civil war. Covered in sculptural renditions of loaves of bread with a large glass dome over the former stage and with huge Dali eggs on the corners, this deep terra cotta red building houses few major and many minor works by the eccentric surrealist master. Now the third most visited museum in Spain after the Guggenheim Bilbao and Madrid’s Prado, this is where Dali spent the last couple of years of his life being cared for in a tower after suffering major burns in an electrical fire. Among my favorites are Dali’s earlier works with their limited palate of sienna, blue, black and white. Their subdued tones and exaggerated realism fill me with inspiration. The town of Figueres is a lovely and lively Spanish town complete with it’s own ramblas for the evening paseo. A modern shopping district is here also and as usual I am appalled at the prices and wonder how the average man can clothe himself. But perhaps these stores are only for tourists. Two well documented locations are Lloret de Mar and Blanes, both are lively and popular holiday spots.

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