Given the current global environment, please excuse my recent blog hiatus! On what turned out to be my final weekend in Spain (😔), my parents came to visit me and we caught the train down to Valencia for the weekend. After checking into our AirBnB, we went to one of their restaurant recommendations, La Cigrona, …
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Montserrat
On Saturday (29th Feb) we went with AEGEE to Montserrat. From Tarragona it took about 2 1/2 hours by train each way. On the mountain there is a monastery which would have had great views if it hadn’t been so overcast! However the buildings were really pretty! After lunch we had to meet up with …
Carnaval and Correfoc
Until I went to Germany on my gap year, I was completely unaware of the idea of Carnival in February. Our carnival in Pewsey at home is in September (as well as the Wheelbeerow Race)… But in England the most we stretch to at this time of year is Pancake Day (one of the best …
Visit from Home: Barcelona, Tarragona and Cos Blanc
At the end of January my friend Lauren came to visit me. We had a lovely but very busy weekend! On Friday we went to Barcelona and managed to see nearly everything we wanted to. The highlight of the day was definitely the Sagrada Familia! We had an audioguide, but I was so busy taking …
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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 …
My first month in Spain – what I wish I’d known…!
Adapting to a new life… Having been in Spain now for just over a month, I thought I’d reflect on how it has been and what I wish I had expected before coming. 1 – the Spanish timetable Breakfast at 11:30, lunch at 3, tea at 6 and dinner at 10? In short, I can’t …
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The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plane…?
Let’s start with the fact that IT IS A LIE that it doesn’t rain in Spain! Having expected to come to Spain to enjoy glorious amounts of sunshine and nothing else, I am almost pleasantly surprised that is rains here too (DUH). However, what I did not expect was the AMOUNT of rain and how …
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The Ebro Delta and Catalonian Protests (Week 3 in Spain)
Let me start by apologising for the radio silence over the last two weeks, I have been so busy! Especially last week, where my attention was mainly drawn to the protests that have been taking place Catalonia-wide. These were sparked following the sentencing of the Catalonian politicians who organised the independence referendum in 2017, which …
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Weekend 2 – Barcelona and a Beach Hike!
On my second weekend I had already planned to join the AEGEE excursion on a hike along all the beaches from Tarragona to Torredembarra, but on Friday evening my flatmate asked me if I’d like to go on a spontaneous trip to Barcelona with her and her coursemate and a couple of others. Of course …
Fresca como una lechuga bien frotada 