Sant Jordi

Learnt a bit of Catalan culture this week.
It surprised me how much of a big deal St George's day or Sant Jordi is in Catalonia. Considering the English seem to basically ignore our own patron saint, we were quite excited when St George and his dragon wandered up our street on tuesday morning. On Sant Jordi the girls receive a rose and the boys a book, me and Lauren got in the spirit of things and bought each other a rose :) In the afternoon the rambla in tarragona was full of stalls selling roses, books, dragons before at night it became the setting for the castells. These are amazing towers of people starting with a crowd of fully grown men at the bottom before a tiny child climbs to the top of a 5 storey people tower! Lets just say health and safety in England would have a field day. I just love how much love the Catalan people have for their country and culture.

Tarragonaaaa

Not updated this in forever and while I'm currently waiting for a 4am bus to the airport this seems like as good a time as ever :) I have just spent a fulfilled few days in tarragona staying with some friends. Yes as people keep asking I really am on holiday from the south of France :P (what a hard life) Chilling on a beach and celebrating Sant Jordi (Catalonia's st George's day) has been a lovely start to my Spanish holiday. After a 10hour bus journey on Friday night I arrived and spent the day relaxing on the beautiful beach about 5minutes away from where I'm staying. I really can't get over how much time I'm spending on beaches in the Med lately. A slightly less dramatic trip (no riots, hurricanes or broken down trains to contend with) to Barcelona on Monday, saw some more of the city and got my fill of tapas :) Days full of working on my tan, visiting a roman amphitheatre, stuffing my face with food and even a bit of hula hooping later I'm gutted to be leaving but can't wait to get to the south to see another friend and start exploring another new place. Next stop: GRANADA!