Feasting on calcots in the Catalan countryside.

I'm not sure the picture above does justice to the deliciousness of the calcot feast I experienced in the countryside outside of Barcelona. It was a bucket list item that I'm so glad I can now say I've done. I arrived in Barcelona the day before my scheduled tour to a dreary and rainy day. The one bright spot was the very chatty and knowledgeable cab driver who taught me so much in the short ride from the train station to my hotel. I learned that he was actually baptized at the famous La Sagrada Familia back when they still held baptisms there.

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