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July 13th
The best recommendation we got on the entire trip was to visit Tarragona. Thanks to our AirBnB host we decided to visit this town. We arrived in Tarragona after a long train ride and a bus ride where we did not know where to get off.
Once getting off we found the Marriott. We got there early enough thanks to the car rental problems and having to take the fast AVE instead of the planned rental car. We walked the Rambla and using the instructions from the hotel clerk we found the old part of town. The original thought was that this town did not have much to offer, but once we discovered the old part of town we were in awe of all the history. We found the old Roman wall, and a Colosseum where chariot races were held. The dome of the stadium is still standing. When walking thru the streets we ran into a Casteller training school. I immediately walked in to see the practice. I filmed a couple of times then continued to walk and found a Team training for the upcoming competition. I asked permission to go upstairs and film from the balcony, they welcomed it, I needed a red bandanna, I think I would have fit in with the rest of the men building the structure but only on the first level, let them stand on my shoulders is what I wanted. |
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The team captain was yelling out instructions as they build the human castle. Chills overtook me as this was an event that I wanted to see since I saw a glimpse of it 18 years earlier in Barcelona when we came as a family.
They were practicing for an event that would be the following day, Saturday. We wished we could have stayed another night to be there for the atmosphere and celebration.
We walked away from the heavy traffic area and stopped off for burgers at a outdoor street Cafe. We probably had the best burgers ever. I had a black bread burger called the Chicago, very rare meat with so much flavor. We had eggplant battered with some mustard sauce. We walked back to the hotel very happy.
We made our last booking at the Marriott in Barcelona for the next night.
They were practicing for an event that would be the following day, Saturday. We wished we could have stayed another night to be there for the atmosphere and celebration.
We walked away from the heavy traffic area and stopped off for burgers at a outdoor street Cafe. We probably had the best burgers ever. I had a black bread burger called the Chicago, very rare meat with so much flavor. We had eggplant battered with some mustard sauce. We walked back to the hotel very happy.
We made our last booking at the Marriott in Barcelona for the next night.
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