I now have video from most of the days that we rode but it is going to take some time once I am home to edit the video into something that makes sense.
For today's ride, we went out to the Aiguamolls Nature Reserve. The ride out included an additional loop that almost all the riders took. At the park, the guides prepared a picnic lunch.
Here is Andrea talking about something while Itzy mugs for the camera.
Here's a picture of a tree-top nest built by a couple of pelicans with some human assistance.
All during our trip, we learned about the relationship between the Catalans and the Spanish government. There is a strong regional pride that is expressed as a successionist movement. Everywhere we went, people displayed the Catalan flag that was banned during the time of the Franco dictatorship. Here's a trailer painted in the colors of the flag with a slogan added in case the message wasn't already clear.
Here's a few pictures Jaime took of the ride. So glad he was able to take pictures while riding and not crash.
Perhaps the most interesting part of the day was a tour of Empuries, an archaeological museum. An active archaeological site right next to our hotel, we took a walking tour with a recorded commentary about the history of the site. These pictures don't give a very good representation of the magnitude of the site nor the work of the archaeologists in reconstructing the ruins to make a presentation that was understandable to a layperson. It gave me a real appreciation of the work Honora used to do when she was at her field schools.
After the ride, Mike and I rode to L'Escala to look around. Here's a picture Mike took of me from the part of town that was cheap tourist rather than classy tourist.
Later we walked back into L'Escala for dinner and ate at a beachside restaurant that could just as easily been Ocean City.
I really like this picture. (Thanks Jaime!)
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