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Climbing in Siurana Part 2
... anwyay.
So we left Sasha behind in Siurana and I got dropped off on the outskirts of Barcelona as they passed by heading north through France to Switzerland. This would be the third time (fourth including a quick stop in the airport) I would go to Barcelona. But I had a few more things to see, a hotel reservation (so tired of hostals) and a couple days to relax before flying across the Atlantic to New Jersey...
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Climbing in Siurana Part 1
... making the climbing fairly difficult. We set up camp and the crew took off climbing, while I had a rest day, recovering from the previous night/morning in Madrid. I did have dinner cooking when they returned and we had an early night.
The next day we went out climbing and it was pretty hot so we climbed in the morning in the shade and then the afternoon on the opposite side of the canyon once ...
An early night? Don't even think about it.
... blast of artificial thunder as numerous mortars launch explosive pyrotechnics into the air.
Tecla Tapa - now there's a nice idea. There's a marquee set up for the duration of the festival not far from Rambla Vella and that's where Tecla Tapa has its home. Tables are set up around the edge and various organisations and companies set up stalls that sell a variety of burgers, sandwiches, baked potatoes and other food at reasonable prices. JD and CC missed it last year due to ...
A long arm and a long day of Santa Tecla
... br> We managed to get everybody past the "Jove's" practice hall on the way to Placa del Rei without them noticing that there was something going on and through the square itself without distraction and within minute we were at the open door of the home of the Xiquets - Tarragona's senior castellers group. Tonight was practice night.
Castellers are brilliant. Just that. A truly remarkable thing to see. They are extremely popular in Catalunya where thousands turn out to see ...
More Santa Tecla
... can't blame others for wanting a photo too. We find that most of the things that we take pictures of don't have us in them. Perhaps we're hideously ugly and don't want to remind ourselves, but I think it's more to do with taking pictures of 'stuff' rather than 'us in front of stuff'. And one thing that really annoys us is a consequence of digital photography, when having stood in front of the object or view that we want to photograph and got another image of their gormless face ...



