Reading and Roaming
On to Tarragona We left Barcelona and made the one-hour-plus drive south to Tarragona on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Tarragona was the first Roman colony outside of Italy, making it an ancient city with many layers of history from Roman times to the Medieval period to the present day. After checking into …
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What We Saw Today we spent more time exploring the sights of Barcelona from the main government buildings in Plaza San Jaime to remains of the Temple of Augustus to the Palau del La Musica Catalana to the Inglesia de Santa Maria Del Mar. In between, we managed to sandwich in some time in the …
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Meals Lunch at Patron Yesterday with our guide, we had a more typical noontime meal. We sampled these tapas: octopus chunks with potato, shrimps in garlic oil (a dish we’ve enjoyed in the past), thin slices of fried eggplant, crispy like potato chips, and tomato bread. Everything was good, especially the eggplant. Then seafood paella, …
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WHAT WE DID We spent the day with Javier, a wonderful Barcelona guide who was personable, knowledgeable. and fun to be with. He’s been a guide for several decades and knows a lot about Antonio Gaudi and his masterpieces in Barcelona, especially Sagrada Familia. With him, we visited three sites: Hospital Sant Pau, La Pedrera …
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