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Monthly Archives: April 2013

Bubbles and Brew

22 Monday Apr 2013

Posted by Louise & Tom in Accommodations, Travel

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cava, cervesa, expat, Girona, Portland, travel

A glass of cava; a glass of beer

I’m a Portland, Oregon native. Some say Portland is among the five best places to live in the world. Others say it’s where young people go to retire. That’s fine, but that’s not what Portland is all about. Portland is all about beer.

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The Jetsons Arrive in Girona

20 Saturday Apr 2013

Posted by Louise in Travel

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expat, Girona, travel

panorama of Girona

Those of you who read last year’s April in France blog will remember that Tom is a four-year-old in spirit. For example, every time a train goes by our Girona apartment, he points at it and yells “TRAIN!” If he’s really lucky it will be a “CAR TRAIN!” saddled with Seats.

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What We Got Was Outlandish

18 Thursday Apr 2013

Posted by Louise & Tom in Gallery, Travel

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Tags

Dali, expat, Figueres, travel

This gallery contains 16 photos.

“Every morning upon awakening, I experience a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dalí!” Egoistic, haughty, grandiose – but also …

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Cinc Claus is Coming to Town

16 Tuesday Apr 2013

Posted by Louise in Travel

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Tags

Costa Brava, l'Escala, Mas Concas

panorama taken at l'Escala

Our friends Jeannette and Vicens took us out on another well-planned, beauty-soaked adventure to the Costa Brava Saturday night.

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Saturday Market

13 Saturday Apr 2013

Posted by Louise & Tom in Gallery, Travel

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Tags

expat, food, Girona, travel

This gallery contains 16 photos.

Every Saturday in Girona’s hundred-acre La Devesa Park, people gather amass to buy cheap clothing, hats, rugs, knick-knacks, fresh groceries …

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April in Paris

11 Thursday Apr 2013

Posted by Louise & Tom in Travel, Video

≈ 7 Comments

Tags

Barcelona, expat, Girona, LGV, travel

photo of the LGV speed indicator

Cue Tony Bennett: Last year, the train trip from Barcelona to Girona took an hour and twenty minutes. Last week, we did it in thirty-seven. Minutes. On a train. At 200 km/h.

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When Catalonia Takes Over the World

09 Tuesday Apr 2013

Posted by Louise in Travel

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Catalan, expat, Girona, travel

catalan sign in grocery store

Nothing could have prepared me for Catalan. Well, maybe my sixty years of French study and forty years of Spanish study and those two miserable years of Latin. But the Catalan independence movement around here has become so fierce that the signs and menus are no longer bilingual in Catalan and Castilian Spanish, as they were just last year. It’s all Catalan, all the time.

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The Costa Brava

07 Sunday Apr 2013

Posted by Louise & Tom in Travel

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Costa Brava, expat, Girona, travel

costa brava photo

We love our hosts! Vicens and Jeanette own the apartment we’re renting in Girona. They have provided us with an astounding place to live (remind me someday to tell you about the hot tub that shoots fountains in the air), and yesterday – quite to our surprise – they offered to take us on a drive to the Costa Brava, the “rugged coast” of northeastern Spain. Thirteen hours of unremitting wonder!

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Slimy Things on Beds of Ice

05 Friday Apr 2013

Posted by Louise in Travel

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Tags

expat, food, Girona, travel

fish at the market

Slimy things on beds of ice. This is sort of the general tenor of the fish stalls at our Mercat, which is Catalan for market. The Mercat, of course, is full of raw, natural, farm-fresh unprocessed food. I’ll try any fruit or vegetable, but when it comes to proteins, I will admit that I prefer boneless, finless, scale-free meats and fish which I can recognize, and which is not still looking at me. I am not proud of this, but that’s how it is.

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Jet Lag

04 Thursday Apr 2013

Posted by Louise & Tom in Travel

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jet lag, travel

snapshot of Louise napping

At ricksteves.com, Louise’s favorite travel guide says, “On arrival, stay awake until an early local bedtime.” Yeah, but Rick isn’t turning 70 in thirteen months.

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