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.
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