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A Quick Stop in Guimerà

While heading back to Valencia following our short visit to Lleida, we had enough time for one last little excursion. An hour to the east lays the small, medieval

Lleida Cathedral: La Seu Vella

On the second day of our visit to Lleida, we visited the Catalan city’s main touristic attraction, La Seu Vella. Of course, we had already seen plenty of the cathedral

A Short Trip to Lleida

When we’re traveling within Spain, we often try to stay in a Parador. Part of a state-run chain that stretches across the country, these hotels are usually housed

Wednesday Walk in Cadaqués - [🇬🇧 - 🇫🇷 - 🇪🇸]

🇬🇧 Walking in CadaquésSe promener à Cadaqués 🇫🇷🇪🇸 Pasear por Cadaqués🇬🇧 Arriving in Cadaqués is already an experience in itself: after a winding road through

How beautiful Barcelona is...in spring!

What a beautiful Sunday we had for the people of Barcelona, ​​a pure spring day, with a clear, sunny sky and gardens shining with the splendor of spring after a

Let's listen to a special Medieval Music from Spain, Catalonia, But a Russian Version + Dance

Hey guys, lets listen to some Medieval Music, specially one of the pieces that I have found from a unique and special collection of music pieces that it is related

A train trip (Catalonia-Madrid); a life

This post is a first response to @ineyashami's invitation to participate in the @holos-lotus community initiative “Píldoras para la depresión" / "Pills

Sunday in the City

Today we went for a nice walk with the family in the city, my step counter reads 28000, it's not that it's a huge number but you have to take into account that we

Recap: Barcelona Hive Meetup | 22-11-2024 [Eng[Esp]

That was quite a meetup last Friday! I'm so glad we took this chance to get together among Hivians and have a nice afternoon. We were few, but we were there. I think

And tomorrow is a holiday!

Horrible start to the week with a super-busy schedule of problems and meetings with multiple people with whom I wouldn't even have a coffee... the best of all is

My Visit to Montserrat

My recent visit to Europe a while back included a stop in Barcelona. I'd wanted to go there for decades. Even had coworkers there who's offered to let me stay with

Outdoors Monday in Vilassar de Mar

Today is a special day. It's National Catalan Day and I got out of the house for the first time since surgery. I felt quite good and decided to just go out for a

Getaway to Tortosa

Today we have gone to visit my older brother who lives in Tortosa, a small city located on the southern border of Catalonia, about 190km far from Barcelona. The

Sant Jordi, a special day

April 23, Sant Jordi, one of the Catalan patron saints and perhaps the most important in Catalan culture. It is a tradition to give books and roses among citizens,

Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park

It was quite a long drive last summer and in the end, a 17km long hike to reach this viewpoint in the Spanish Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park.

Barça awaits the final offers from Chelsea and United for De Jong

Barça will transfer De Jong if the player's final appraisal exceeds 80 million euros, although the operation depends on the player's final decision. Chelsea wanted

Archive: Massive march to demand a Free Catalonia (2019)

Huge crowd of people marching for a free Catalonia. The region of Catalonia wants to be independent for a long time. At the last vote, over 90% decided for their

Calçotada a historical cuisine and festivity: Trying Calçot (Catalan green onion) for the first time...

Calçot is a type of green spring onion, its milder and sweeter than some other varieties. It is grown by piling earth on top as the onion grows, making the white

DAY OF THE THREE KINGS

I always use to hate this time of year when I lived in the uk, after Xmas and the new year there would be this after holidays depression, with nothing to look forward

Unusual Christmas Tradation in Catalonia, the pooping man 💩

In catalonia there is a tradation to place a small figure in the nativity set that is taking a poop The figure is a symbol of fertility, bring good luck for the