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The Flight of the Snowbirds
... century baptistry is unusual in that it is ten sided outside but octagonal inside. The whole town centre is contained within the confines of what were once the city walls, and is mostly pedestrianised (perhaps because most of the streets are not wide enough for a car!).
We continued along the coast road, which climbs over headland after headland, plunging down to little villages and towns with rocky coves or long sandy beaches. At ...
¿Are we in Rome? ¡No, Just Tarragona!
... carried out brings it to life. Their construction techniques are the same in Spain as they are in Rome, regardless of the differences in culture, language, and the sheer distance between the two places. After our brief stop in Tarragona, we drove to Valencia. Stay tuned for more adventures! Your Can't-Escape-the-Italians Adventurers, Katherine, Zack, Ginger and Steve (aka mom and ...
The Baixada de l'Aliga
... it. There was a big cheer when the panerola appeared - presumably plenty of local people were aware of the saga of the Cucafera and they certainly new about the infestation, but it turned out that the first one was not the ‘cucafera’ panerola but another one that had been built by someone else with a satirical edge. The semi-official one appeared rather later and without an Uncle Sam hat.
And before long, the three hour wait was up. The ...
Vis Mig in the morning, castles at night
... We noticed that they had a rather interesting-sounding Menu del Dia for €12.
There were lots of birds in the harbour and it didn't take long to find a few Audouins Gulls amonsgt the Yellow-legged, Mediterranean and Black-headed Gull. I tried hard to find Slender-billed Gulls which are commoner than Audouin's and are present in the nearby Ebro Delta but with no success. There were terns about too. Sandwich Terns called often and there was at least on ...
Santa Tecla
... near Sants Station to Gracia) for fares similar to what we paid for the short trip up the hill from the station. Still better than lugging bags up there, though.
After 20 minutes of sorting stuff out we met James in the bar of the Noria and shortly after set out in search of our first Mamadetas of the festa. It didn't tale long because we'd read (possibly on their own website) that the gelateria chain Sirvent make the best Mamadetas, doubtless because they use both yellow and ...