The Crane & The Cathedral
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Back where there's no universal health care...
On the way home from every trip growing up, my father always asked, "what were the highlights of the vacation?" And so, as the closing entry for this blog, I figured I'd put up a top ten list that could serve future visitors to Tarragona. Just a bit of the best, in no particular order.
1. Walking down to the beach at Arrabaisada...or however you say/spell it. The bars on that beach have the best bravas in the land, and you can even play ping pong along the way.
2. Exploring the Roman walls around the city, especially the TV studio built right into them at the university communication's department (my office). Most amazing place to work ever!
3. Wine, potato chips, and olives in any given plaza. Why can't they make chips like that here?
4. Cafe amb llet at Diva, right on Calle Major. And a croissant de xocalat of course!
5. Rambling down the Rambla Nova around seven thirty on a Saturday, with people of all ages....(many more than in this photos:)
6. Early morning walk to the train station, with the sun rising over the water. And stopping midway for ice cream on the way back up!
7. Sardines and seafood in Serrallo, the fisherman's port. La Botika is my personal favorite.
8. Exploring the mountains and villages right West of the city. Siurana, the last holdout of the Moors from the Romans is spectacular.
9. A festival, any festival...any given weekend.
10. Those first successful conversations in Catalan!
11. (bonus) Getting pregnant, although this, of course, might not be for everyone!
Thanks for joining me on my Catalan ride!
On the way home from every trip growing up, my father always asked, "what were the highlights of the vacation?" And so, as the closing entry for this blog, I figured I'd put up a top ten list that could serve future visitors to Tarragona. Just a bit of the best, in no particular order.
1. Walking down to the beach at Arrabaisada...or however you say/spell it. The bars on that beach have the best bravas in the land, and you can even play ping pong along the way.
2. Exploring the Roman walls around the city, especially the TV studio built right into them at the university communication's department (my office). Most amazing place to work ever!
3. Wine, potato chips, and olives in any given plaza. Why can't they make chips like that here?
4. Cafe amb llet at Diva, right on Calle Major. And a croissant de xocalat of course!
5. Rambling down the Rambla Nova around seven thirty on a Saturday, with people of all ages....(many more than in this photos:)
6. Early morning walk to the train station, with the sun rising over the water. And stopping midway for ice cream on the way back up!
7. Sardines and seafood in Serrallo, the fisherman's port. La Botika is my personal favorite.
8. Exploring the mountains and villages right West of the city. Siurana, the last holdout of the Moors from the Romans is spectacular.9. A festival, any festival...any given weekend.
10. Those first successful conversations in Catalan!
11. (bonus) Getting pregnant, although this, of course, might not be for everyone!
Thanks for joining me on my Catalan ride!
