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Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Tarragona September 2nd 2013

Tuesday morning we got up early (finally) and hit the market for a fresh breakfast. Not much tastes better than fresh kiwi/Orange juice, egg and fresh zucchini omelet and espresso. The juice from from a fruit vendor. The rest was from one of the counter restaurants. After breakfast we made our way to the rental car place. After having driven in Puerto Rico, I've become quite confident with my foreign country driving skills. We picked up a small Renault hatchback and were on our way. One thing I did not consider...the large round abouts and how they become one big mess of cars. We were making our way to Montjuic, a large park area that has a fort. This meant navigating one of the largest of round abouts. With John as the navigator and helping with ... read more
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Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Tarragona » El Morell June 1st 2013

Thursday was not the best of nights, the bar at Camping Azul was still rocking at midnight when there restrictions meant it should have closed at ten. The British couple next door to us, fellow bloggers (not on travel blog but another one!), had taken it in turns to complain. The first complaint resulted in her being told that they had paid for their holiday and could pretty much do what they wanted to, the second complaint an hour or so later seemed to do the trick and the bar closed for the night. Having overslept we set to striking camp and were ready by 10.00am. I went to pay and complained about the night problems to receive a shrug, so nice to feel your custom is welcome. Woolly says – I felt very tired and ... read more
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Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Tarragona August 23rd 2012

This was definitely the longest traveling I’ve done. We took a plane to Madrid where we switched planes to Barcelona and then took a bus to Tarragona. It was well worth it though. The view from our room is gorgeous. We can see the whole city and the beach as well as old Roman ruins. Once we got to our room we immediately changed and went to the playa. The water was calm, clear, and cool enough to be refreshing but warm enough that we were able to stay in the water for 3 hours. After the beach we went back to our room and showered and took a siesta before dinner. We went out around town for a little while that night and my roommate and two other girls sat outside and had some wine ... read more
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Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Tarragona June 11th 2012

Carcassonne to Girona Espagne 2012 June 10, 2012 We are on a train heading south where the promise of warmer and sunnier weather awaits. We spent two days in Carcassonne and departed by train this morning with our ultimate destination being Girona where we plan to spend one night. It looks like we will forego our conquering of the Pyrenees till another time. The weather is unusually cold in the Languedoc Roussillon (highs in the low 20’s instead of high 20’s) area and with rain forecast for the next few days on the route through the Pyrenees with highs around 14 or 15, we are going to try our luck south of Barcelona where it is warmer and sunnier. The train network in both Spain and France is exceptional, and although you can’t take an unpackaged ... read more

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Tarragona » Botarell March 26th 2012

The only thing worse than having things go wrong, is having everything go as planned Right now Spain is in a rough spot. With unemployment in Spain rising consistantly over the past half year, more people then ever are out of work. It is said that one in five people do not have a job, bringing the total figure to nearly 5 million unemployed. The percentage is said to be around 23% which is more than twice the EU average. It is odd because at first glance, they do not seem to be suffering. However, looking hard at the surroundings, it becomes easy to spot. While there have always been people begging in the streets, the things I have seen in the past week have painted a bigger picture for me. The man begging outside of ... read more
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Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Tarragona September 3rd 2011

Tarragona (city located in the south of Catalonia on the north-east of Spain, by the Mediterranean. It is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and the capital of the Catalan comarca Tarragonès. In the medieval and modern times it was the capital of the Vegueria of Tarragona)... read more
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Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Tarragona November 19th 2010

Friday 5th November 2010 Travel on to Cambrils near Tarragona for the weekend where the boy’s birthday treat trip is close by. Walk into Cambrils town along the promenade warm and sunny somehow does not seem to be bonfire night ! Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th November 2010 Port Aventura – Universal Studio’s theme park in Spain is only open at the weekends at this time of year and although Woody Woodpecker is the main character Halloween is the theme and proves to be popular and busier than expected. This does not mean we don’t get to ride multiple times on our favourite rides and have a great time. Monday 8th November 2010 A quiet day on site after the weekend’s excitement and a chance to catch up with domestics. Tuesday 9th November 2010 Trip by ... read more
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Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Tarragona January 22nd 2010

Friday 22.1.210 day 100 Salou We got some supplies for our next trip and did some car maintenance. We also did some cloths washing and book some new accommodation for the next few weeks online. We got 2 kg of fresh live Muscles and cocked then up dinner sooo yummy. What a great way to celebrate our 100 day on holiday! ... read more

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Tarragona January 21st 2010

Thursday 21.1.2010 day 99 Cambrils fishing village/ roman Quarry Today we are having tapas and drinking sangria on the water front promanade at this ‘traditional Spanish fishing village’ (well maybe it was 30 years ago!) on a warm sunny day. Very pleasant - what a hard life. We also decided to checkout the 2200 year old Roman Quarry where the Romans (what did they ever do for us?) dug out the stone for the old city of Tarragona. Unlike many other ancient sites in Spain, this one was sign posted like an English Neolithic site (ie nothing helpful). After 500 metres we got to the aqua duct which was under scaffolding and being repaired, and blocking the path to the Roman quarry. Only then did the sign say ‘Closed for repairs 2009 to 2011, sorry for ... read more
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Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Tarragona January 20th 2010

Wednesday 20.1.210 day 98 Salou beach As we do not have internet at this hotel we decided to go for a walk along the beach front to look for an internet connection. We saw a McDonalds and an internet café there the other day. The McDonald did not have internet and the internet cafe was not open today. So we headed back to an internet cafe closer to our hotel and the internet was only 1€ an hour so that was good we got some of our jobs done and we did our washing as well. We did tappers for lunch then did a small shop and did dinner. We had a local desert of eggs and coconut is was so good we had 2 each, Yum yum.... read more




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