On April 21 I took the train from Barcelona to Tarragona to spend a day visiting my office mate and his wife. Tarragona is an old Roman outpost on the Mediterranean, and a lot of of the Roman architecture still exists among the newer buildings. Here's an achingly beautiful picture that shows part of the coliseum where they fed the Christians to the lions:
After walking around a bit, we stopped to hang out on the beach, conversar en español, and drink various bebidas -- the ultimate in Spanish life. I tried a cerveza con limón, which is beer mixed with Fanta Limón. It sounds blasphemous, but it's actually fairly refreshing on a hot, sunny day. ¡Refrescante! I can also say that I have now set foot in the Mediterranean. It was fairly chilly, but light years better than San Francisco.
In addition to being a former Roman outpost, Tarragona is also well-known for the quality of their rice. Being right on the sea, their seafood is also excellent. Therefore our seafood+rice lunch at a restaurant called Cassoleta d'Arros was fantastic. Check out the feast:
¡Delicioso! Amazingly, the menu was translated into English, French, German, and maybe one other language. I wasn't sure how the restaurant owner managed to learn all those languages, but then I saw something that made me realize he just used Google Translate:
If you haven't figured it out already, Google Translate sucks. For dessert we were given a complimentary bottle of a rice-based creamy liquor. It was so delicious that I bought my own bottle for 10 Euros:
Now I need some of you folks to visit so I don't have to drink this alone!
Ok, that's enough for now. I'll close this post with one more amazing picture just to make you all feel bad:
UPDATE: Too late, I drank all the rice liquor by myself.
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