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There she is!

Miss America! No, the black virgin! Her other hand is out of the plastic casing and you're supposed to kiss it but I didn't I probably should have in retrospect.


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Blog: Human Castles and Montserrat
Date: June 11th 2005

Yesterday I went with the son of one of my language exchange partner to watch an Els Castellers practice. It's a Catalonian tradition a couple of hundred years old and it tells you just how crazy these people are. Basically they make these human castles up to 10 people high for show and they have contests and everything to see who can make the tallest tower. I had seen pictures of it in tra ... read more




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