Donaire Park
Travel Blogs from La Pineda
The Flight of the Snowbirds
... my shirt front. I felt a right fool as we walked home. Fortunately I am married to an excellent washing machine, who soon had it sorted.
One day we decided to drive round the lake. In the next village they were having their annual wild boar festival, and there was a huge marquee of people scoffing, presumably, wild boar. Sadly all parking spaces were gone so we drove on. A little further up the lakeside there was a sign to the Pyramids ...
¿Are we in Rome? ¡No, Just Tarragona!
... on our way to Valencia outside the city. Of course, Zack and I saw many similar structures during our time in Rome and Italy, but mom and dad were thrilled to be walking on streets and seeing buildings that had lasted thousands of years. From my perspective it was very interesting to see how efficient and structured the Romans were. We all learn that fact in school, but then to see ...
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
... being renovated for years and there is a temporary structure there for the time being which will be missed when its gone. Cafe Lizarran has a good spot outside the market and sells Asturian cider so we thought "why not". As we were getting near I noticed two large birds overhead and we wrestled the binoculars out of the back pack to discover that they were Honey Buzzards. We also noted that they were accompanied by several small falcons and lots of Alpine Swifts.
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Santa Tecla
... green Chartreuse and because their limon grannissats are made using fresh ingredients and there was one on Placa de la Font just a few doors down from the hotel.
The Sirvent Mamadetas get our vote because they are sharper and less sweet than most of the others we've tried but the others can be pretty good too.
Today was the children's day of Santa Tecla. We had missed lots of events whilst travelling but some of the big ones were still to take place and in ...
Location
Amenities
- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Free parking