Friday night as we were settling in for the evening we received a phone call from our friend Joan (La Posada, Les Piques). He asked if we were at home and said he would be here in 7 minutes. Hmm. Okay. Well, he was stopping by to give us four discounted tickets for the Gran… Continue reading Gran Reserva – a day out
Category: Events
Sitges Film Festival
The Sitges Film Festival (Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya) has been taking place in Sitges from 5 October through tomorrow. This year is the 50th year for the film festival. Over the last few years of vacationing here we were aware that they had a big film festival but it was always after we… Continue reading Sitges Film Festival
Columbus Day and Fiesta Nacional de España
Last week as I was jotting down some thoughts for blog posts I looked at my calendar and noted that Monday 9 October was Columbus Day in the United States. I jokingly said to Bob, "Hmmm, I wonder if they celebrate Columbus Day here." I mean obviously there is a relationship between Christopher Columbus and Spain… Continue reading Columbus Day and Fiesta Nacional de España
A view from the paddock
Saturday we drove up to the Ciudad del Motor de Aragón for the MotoGP as Bob had a meeting there in the afternoon. It is about a two-hour drive from our home and it is a really pretty drive. I told you a bit about it in this post here. It's funny but these days we… Continue reading A view from the paddock
Corpus 2017 Sitges
I'm a bit behind in getting this post written. We've had a busy 3 days here some of which I will share in today's post and other happenings which will be shared in a future post. This weekend was the 24 Heures du Mans (24 hours of Le Mans) sports car race which we never miss.… Continue reading Corpus 2017 Sitges
