A day trip to Lleida

There are many places we have yet to visit and less than 2 hours north of us is the city of Lleida which is in the west of Cataluña. With today being our wedding anniversary, (36 years!), we decided to have a day out and so set off this morning on a very pleasant route through the countryside to Lleida.One of the highlights of this city is the Cathedral which stands on the...

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Lunch with the campers!

Got a phone call from Jordi this morning inviting us to join him and Floyd with Rosi and Pablo with their friends from Valdealgorfa who were camping by the river in a nice shady spot just outside our village. Although this was very short notice we knew what to expect as it would be just the same as last year when we did something similar.Every year for the last 5 years Rosi...

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The meal for the "mujeres"

The womens group had arranged to meet for a meal at the village restaurant / bar at 21.00 on Saturday 7th July to mark the end of the year for their painting and restoration classes.It is just impossible to get 19 women all talking and eating to look at the camera at once!So here's the view from the other end of the table - it seems that those furthest away from the camera...

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