Ruins at Monastery of Poblet, founded 1150. We visited two expat friends of Manel's in Torroella De Montgrí, Catalunya. We drank wine and talked for hours. I mentioned that this was my first visit to Spain. One of his friends responded, "Really? I've never been to Spain." I thought. "Ah, I'm beginning to understand." To understand a place you need to understand its past. Those of you who follow my Twitter , Instagram and Facebook page, know from the steady flow of photos that the past week I have been in Catalunya, the northeastern portion of the Iberian peninsula. This is Part 1. of my series of posts about Catalunya, what I experienced and what I learned. I believe it will take at least eight posts to cover all I want. At least eight. I learned a great deal. Of course, there will be information on Catalan wine. You can jump to the Outline if needed. Admittedly, it was overly ambitious, and naive of me to attempt to describe th...
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