Christmas Traditions in Catalonia

It is said that the Catalans are very scatological people. That is to say, lots of their traditions revolve around obscenity. There are two main traditions in Catalonia at Christmas time that are scatological. The first one is a little man called the caganer. He is a small character who is hidden in the Catalan …

Visit from the parents!

In the middle of November, my parents came to visit me. We had a lovely weekend and I showed them around Tarragona and Reus. On the Friday we spent the day exploring Tarragona, which involved visiting the Roman Pretorio and of course a visit to the Cathedral. For lunch we stopped at La Caseta de …

Vilafamés and Medieval Festival in l’Alcora

Two weeks ago I wrote that this post would be published very soon, but I have ended up being so busy that I haven’t had time to write anything whoops! But here is my post on what Marina and I got up to when I went to visit her. I arrived reasonably late so we …

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