Wandering in Vilafranca
Today I’m taking you on a quick walk around Vilafranca del Penedès, the capital of the Alt Penedès area of Catalonia. It sits mid way between Tarragona and Barcelona and […]
Sunday Solution
Did you guess what the Wednesday What’s This was? Here’s the solution… …Catalan human castles under construction in London:
From Nose Jobs to Bottom Lifts
This week, Cee has prompted us to feature smooth objects as part of her Fun Foto Challenge. Some things become smooth even if they don’t start out that way; take […]
Casteller Heads
In Tarragona, on the Rambla Nova, there stands a life-size monument to the tradition of building Castells, or Human Towers. As you can see above, the castellers are lifelike, with […]
Tarragona Castle Window
This window is a follow-up to last week’s post Castles in the Air. This window in Tarragona celebrates Catalonia’s tradition of human castle (castells) building. . Posted as part of the Thursday Lingering […]
Up High in Catalonia
In Catalonia, they love building castles. Human ones. This is particularly popular at festival time. Go to any Catalonian town’s festival amd there’ll be a passionately fought competition between the […]
Travel with Intent 