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by Annie Bennett
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Llançà – the start of the Fabled Shore

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Stuttering around Cerdanya

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Posted on January 3, 2012

What Girona10 is all about…

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Posted on October 30, 2011

Mushroom hunting in the Girona Pyrenees

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Posted on October 13, 2011October 13, 2011

A volcanic lunch in La Garrotxa

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Posted on September 15, 2011September 14, 2017

Dancing with the devil in Tarragona

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Posted on August 27, 2011August 27, 2011

Eating Oysters in the Ebro Delta

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Posted on April 30, 2011May 1, 2011

Not grinding but pounding – Catalan cooking in El Priorat

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Before its current swanky incarnation as the fashionable Me Madrid Reina Victoria, the gleaming white hotel on Plaza Santa Ana was a favourite of artists, writers and particularly bullfighters. With a corner turret topped with a spherical beacon, the hotel was designed by Jesús Carrasco y Encina in 1919 - so will be celebrating its centenary next year. Those alarmingly tall cypresses on the left are a reminder of the cemetery of the adjacent San Sebastián church, that used to be where there is now a florist’s at the top of calle Huertas, where many literary and theatrical figures were buried. . . . #barriodelasletras #barriodelasletrasmadrid #madrid #madridmemata #madridmemola #igersmadrid #memadrid #memadridreinavictoria

Wonder how long it’ll be before all the old hostal residencias in Madrid disappear. What tales their walls - and leatherette sofas - could tell. Bet this one near Plaza Santa Ana gets turned into holiday apartments soon. . . #madrid #barriodelasletras #barriodelasletrasmadrid #madridmemata #madridmemola #igersmadrid #hostal

The elaborate tiled decoration that you see on shopfronts and bars as you walk around Madrid was popular from the late 19th century until around 1930 and was an early form of advertising. A lot has been lost, but now there is more interest in saving these works of art, which were created by ceramicists who came from Talavera, Seville and Valencia. This one is on Ventura De la Vega, near Plaza Santa Ana in the Barrio de las Letras . . #madrid #madridmemola #madridmemata #igersmadrid #azulejos #tiles #barriodelasletras #barriodelasletrasmadrid #madridcastizo #spain

The café at Casa Lis in Salamanca. Built at the turn of the 20th century over the city wall as a private residence, the extraordinary building in industrial modernista art nouveau style appropriately now houses a decorative arts’ museum, with exquisite art nouveau and art deco collections - as well as this lovely café and a shop full of gorgeous things. . . #salamanca #casalis #artnouveau #artdeco #modernisme #cafe #cylesvida #castillayleon #architecture #spain #visitspain

This was the lovely, peaceful little town of Sant Llorenç des Cardassar in Mallorca on a Thursday morning in July. The loss of life and devastation caused by the flooding is just heartbreaking. I do remember though being really struck by the community spirit of everyone I talked to there. Dread to think how long the clean up operation is going to take, let alone how they are going to recover from this. . . #santllorenç #santllorençdescardassar #mallorca #balearicislands #illesbalears

The San Esteban monastery in Salamanca in the late afternoon sunlight in autumn. This façade is one of the best examples of Spanish Plateresque style. In the late 15th century, Christopher Columbus spent time in the monastery, discussing his future voyages with the monks. . . #salamanca #cylesvida #castillayleon #architecture #spain #visitspain

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