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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
... out of the way which is not our style at all. We could see by peeping around the stationary giant but not as well as we're used to. Next time I think we'll be back on the other side!
Tarragona has a problem. Cockroaches. I say this not because we were plagued with them. In fact we didn’t see any at all, although I believe that it is the port area which is currently the worst hit, but it’s certainly a contentious topic in the city. The bugs ...
Vis Mig in the morning, castles at night
... other earlier on) and we'd probably had a couple of mamadetas and some vodkas when we finally got to the outdoor disco that was finishing it off. The music was pretty good with loads of classic from different genres but we were not too sure when we recognised the first few bars of Talking Heads "Psycho Killer" but it turned out to be a pastiche of the song produced in 1980 by The Fools. I can barely believe I hadn't heard it before and I won't care if I never hear it again. ...
Santa Tecla
... most of the parade had passed by returned to Placa de la Font where we found a decent place to stand and wait not far from the stage and the Ajuntament, where it all finishes.
This proved to be a pretty good spot and if anything the crowd seemed fairly light around here this year, even as the different groups arrived and we got a few nice photos of this colourful event.
Amongst the most popular participants this year where the 'cercolets' who dance with decorated arches. Part ...
On the road again
Tarragona Had a lovely relaxing week at the villa. Set off for Tarragona heading north. Was a long hot ride, unfortunately saw a really nasty accident which we must have missed by minutes. There seemed to be only one car involved but it had completely flipped over and driver was ...