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¿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
... an insulated bag (to keep stuff cool) we went down to the market to see what there was.
We identified some boquerones, olives, pickles, cheeses and cooked meats that we liked the look of and bought some adequate portions of each. The boquerones were much cheaper than the ones we'd had at a cafe in the Mercat de Santa Caterina in Barcelona in August and only the fuet sausages which were miniatures packaged in a plastic punnet seemed expensive. Afterwards ...
Vis Mig in the morning, castles at night
... passed by and then joined the crowds gathering on the Balcon de la Mediterranee where the finale is always full of fire and excitement. I got too close a couple of times and ended up with hot sparks on my head and down the back of my shirt. Ouch.
There are two groups of castellers in Tarragona and tonight the Joves de Tarragona were having a practice session that outsiders could observe. If you've read any of my other Catalan blogs on this site you'll know that ...
Santa Tecla
... was the Cercavila starting in about an hour and the various elements were already forming up in Placa de la Font.
We stopped to see them all safely underway and as they take quite a long route around town thought we might intercept them in Placa del Rei but despite taking a short cut by the time we got near it was clear that the crowd of spectators was huge and that we would not be able to get through, so we stopped for a while in front of the headquarters of the Joves de Tarragona ...
On the road again
... inside. Don't think he made it out: ( Tarragona was vey big with a medieval area and a small beach and working port. We had a wander around, stopped for a drink and tapas, a few beers and we were done in. Coffee in a pavement cafe before setting off for France the following ...