Tag: catalonia

Barcelona

The Barcelona of my expectations turned out to be a bit different to the Barcelona in reality.

Originally published: 14 Jul 2009 in Europe

The Yellow Cross

After they scattered into the Pyrenees, the Cathars were hard to trace. So was the thread of this book.

Originally published: 22 Aug 2008 in Books

Girona and the 3rd Caixa Sabadell Etnival

You can keep your Costas: a few minutes inland there’s a beautiful city waiting to be discovered.

Originally published: 29 Jun 2007 in Europe

Valencia

You’re only as old as you feel: the modernisation of an ancient Catalan city.

Originally published: 11 May 2007 in Europe

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Wostyntje

3/5. Cloudy, earthy beer with deep coriander flavour and a touch of mustard, though not as strong tasting as expected.

  • Originally published: 1 Jan 2010 in Beer

Green credentials

Governments, global corporations and green issues: reflections on an environmental protest in Brussels.

  • Originally published: 13 Jul 2010 in Editorial

A glimmer of London summer

A rare chance of some good weather during a short visit to London.

  • Originally published: 13 Aug 2007 in UK

At the National Gallery

London’s National Gallery is free and packed with masterpieces. Almost makes me wish I lived or worked nearby. Almost.

‘Twixt two regions

Through the borderlands between Hainaut and Oost-Vlanderen and beside the Marcq-Mark river.

  • Originally published: 13 Dec 2009 in Walking

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Over a year in the making, Dopeology.org is my latest personal project: a topology of doping in thirty years of European pro road cycling.

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