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In Plaça de la Vila de Gràcia, Barcelona there’s a clock tower. It was originally constructed so you could see the time wherever you were in the Gracia district. Now it serves the residents in the high rise units that surround the square.
Maybe also the tower offers a challenge to the Castellers of Barcelona who delight in building human towers. The human tower is not complete until the last member of the team has climbed to the top and raised a hand with four fingers extended to the sky. Maybe one day they’ll climb so high that they will look down on the tower.
The biggest cheer was saved for the youngest member of the team who lifted his arm at the top
We were lucky to find this spectacle. We had just arrived in Barcelona that morning and settled into our unit. We decided on a walk to see what was in the neighbourhood. We had only gone a few blocks when we heard the noise coming from a small side street leading to the square.
And there was noise – cheering and hooting as the human towers rose up from the crowd below with the biggest cheer saved for the youngest member of the team who lifted his arm at the top. Then, when everyone was back safely on the ground, another huge cheer with fists raised above their heads.
Even though the market is under cover, wear your sun glasses to protect your eyes from the marvelous colours of the fruit and vegetables!
Near Barcelona’s harbour is the Maritime Museum. The displays include historic vessels, exhibitions, archived pictures, and maps., .
Once part of a palace, the Conciergerie housed over 4000 prisoners at the height of the French Revolution.
Email from Ben: “I plan to climb Cradle Mountain when we visit the area in a few weeks – better start training”. So I reduced my alcohol consumption to one glass of wine a night (well, most nights) and did a bit of walking (on the flat) at weekends, so when we started our trek on a fine February day I was completely unprepared for what lay ahead.
The Notre-Dame Cathedral in the centre of Bayeux was built in 1077 and was the original home of the Bayeux Tapestry. It is known as Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayeux.