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The Flight of the Snowbirds
... from the caravan.
It was fine for our trip to Collioure. We had visited this little seaside town last time we were here and had thoroughly enjoyed it, so we just had to go again. We had tried to visit in May, but the place was so crowded and there was nowhere to park, so we gave it a miss. This time the crowds had gone and we parked easily. It is easy to see why the Fauves and Impressionists liked this place so much. The light ...
¿Are we in Rome? ¡No, Just Tarragona!
¡Buenos! So we only spent one night and one day in Tarragona, but it was as if we had been transported thousands of years into the past. After we FINALLY managed to find the hotel, we spent the next day walking through the old city which is chock full of old Roman architecture. Some highlights: a defensive tower, the entire city wall, and an small colliseum. We also saw an ...
The Baixada de l'Aliga
... t go there again.
We had about 6 hours to go before the Baixada de l'Aliga and plenty to do in between but we would need provisions if we were to last the course until 4 a.m. or later so we walked back to the hotels for our vodka and nicely chilled food from the hotel's fridge. We arrived on Placa de la Font just in time to catch the end of the Toc de Prego which finishes with a building shaking barrage of explosive fireworks that frightens the pigeons, ...
Vis Mig in the morning, castles at night
... was one table with dry seats available outside Cafe Lizarran and it had a view of a bit of sky so whilst we waited for James to join us and enjoyed our sidre and Vichy Catalan we kept an eye on it. There were numerous falcons, all heading parallel to the coast, and huge numbers of hirundines and swifts. Our assumption was that the falcons must be Lesser Kestrels, although they were too high up to get a decent look at, because this species is much more migratory than ...
Santa Tecla
... performance involves putting them all together and raising a very young team member into the air. The baby involved this year was incredibly smily and seemed not at all fazed by the attention and the crowds and everybody wanted to get the photo. We got a few.
By the time all the groups had arrived we remembered that we hadn't had much to eat so we struggled up the hill of Baixada de la Misericordia and had some excellent Italian food at Pulvinar the interior of which is partly ...