Blogs from Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe - page 3

Tuesday 19.1.210 day 97 Tarragona We went back to Tarragona again and got a Tarragona pass that got us into a lot of the Roman sites for free it was 10€ each but was not worth it the main site I wanted to see was the Roman Circus it was fantastic and very well preserved it cost 3€ to see that and the other sites we got in was the wall but there was a lot of wall you could see without paying for it. The pass also got us in to the Amphitheatre that we had seen from out site the day before and we did not see any more by going inside so it is not worth paying to go into that. We also got to go in to a few houses which ... read more

Sunday 17.1.210 day 95 Salou beach We slept in today and then we had to sort out some problems with our unit is had not been cleaned properly before we moved in and there was a few things that where broken that needed fixing like we could not lock the door to our balcony. After we got most of it sorted we then went out for a walk along the beach. The Mediterranean is very blue and Salou has fantastic long beachers. We had Ostrich steaks and local fresh veggies for dinner tonight. I have never had Ostrich before it was fantastic. ... read more

Well, it turns out I do have internet on this farm. But there is a password and I have this feeling only the parents get to know, so I haven't asked for it yet. And I'm pushing my siesta a little bit, so this will be relatively short (although I've noticed that every time I say that the entry just get's extra long). I am in a town of about a hundred people, called Les Piles. This is a family farm. The dad is one of a long line of farmers and the land is passed down through generations, which is pretty cool. The mom is a nurse in a hospital in a neighboring town, and there are three kids (ages 10, 8, and 6). No other WWOOFers, which is too bad, but I have a ... read more

Rosemary rang at 6.00am this morning to let Bernie know that the email has now been sent???!! We thought that was what she rang to tell us at about 4.00am on Tuesday morning?! Anyway, when Bernie logged on he found that he does now have the link. Now he just has to make the time to do the test before the end of the week. It is a nuisance really as it would have suited us for him to do the test yesterday morning while we were killing time waiting for the welcome session! Ah well, c’est la vie, I am sure we can find an hour before the end of the week for Bernie to do the test. After breakfast we caught the bus into Tarragona to have a look at the Roman ruins. When ... read more

What a holiday! Coming within a hair-width of our lives, Leo and I needed the rest of the holiday just to recover from the flight there. Meanwhile if I was going to be in recovery mode anywhere, what better than your own apartment within a minutes walk of the beach under the warm Spanish sun? The flight started well, and Leo and I were doing our usual banter about flying in cheap plastic planes, no doubt putting off most of the other patrons, rather than ourselves. Which was all very funny until about an hour into the flight when we hit a severe thunderstorm, turning our sturdy plane into a loose bouy bobbing around in stormy seas. They had to kill all the electrics, as we were being repeatedly struck by large lightening bolts - a ... read more