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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
Flew from Madrid back to Barcelona and was met at the Airport by Matthieu and friends Julien, Maria, Sam, and Werner. We drove from Barcelona south and then west to the small village of Siurana, home to one campground and miles and miles of remote limestone rock faces.
Siurana is world famous sport climbing, and the style is slightly overhanging faces with pockets and small edges for your hands ...
An early night? Don't even think about it.
... we've ever seen. There's a very good chance that at any time you will be in direct physical contact with two or three other complete strangers. You won't always have total control of where you go next. From time to time small groups, usually of young men push each other around like punk rockers at a 1977 Damned gig (without the spitting, though, mercifully) and before that you'll probably have been standing or at best sitting around on a hard surface for two or three hours. But it ...
A long arm and a long day of Santa Tecla
... laid end to end. We decided against queueing for a piece because the construction was taking ages and the line was enormous so we popped into the hotel to sort out our vodka and limons for the night (if you're planning to visit a Spanish festival and haven't been before, then put some thought into what you might do for a drink, especially if you're fond of a drop of the hard stuff. There is often so much happening that you won't want to spend much time in bars and restaurants. ...
More Santa Tecla
... later in the week and made our way past the Circ Roma to the old city. On the way we passed a superb mural of some jelly baby like characters scaling the side of a tall building which made us laugh.
According to the excellent Santa Tecla 2011 programme, yesterday had been La Diada Castellera and today was La Santa Tecla Petita. so we had a choice of either heading for Rambla Nova and queueing for the 'gelat de les festes' or making for Placa de la Forum for the Ball ...



