The Heart of Girona, Spain (Where Gumbo Was #163)
April 25, 2016
Girona, a town that feels like a larger city, sits at a strategic crossroads of history and trade, and shows its best features.
Girona, a town that feels like a larger city, sits at a strategic crossroads of history and trade, and shows its best features.
El Celler de Can Roca, in Girona, Spain, northeast of Barcelona took the top listing when the year’s World’s Best 50 Restaurants list was announced
Girona, Spain is an ancient city northeast of Barcelona, with a fascinating medieval core and a walker’s treasure: The Passeig de la Muralla. The old city walls are among the most complete and best-preserved in Spain, and have been turned into…
A chicken effigy stands guard in the window of an old house, built into the medieval city wall of Girona, Spain. The university town, which dates to ancient times, tore down most of the city walls in the late 19th-century, but a remaining…
Everyone knows the Eiffel Tower, or Tour Eiffel. You could probably draw a pretty accurate sketch without even looking. And quite a few folks know that that Gustave Eiffel, who designed and built it, also provided the iron skeleton that keeps the Statue of Liberty standing in New York Harbor.
This is a hold-up! This fellow (and a companion on the other side of the door) carry the weight at building entrance on Stromgaten, near Bergen, Norway rail station. Historically, statues have served a variety of serious purposes: to honor the…
Girona, a town that feels like a larger city, sits at a strategic crossroads of history and trade, and shows its best features.
El Celler de Can Roca, in Girona, Spain, northeast of Barcelona took the top listing when the year’s World’s Best
Girona, Spain is an ancient city northeast of Barcelona, with a fascinating medieval core and a walker’s treasure: The Passeig de la Muralla. The old city walls are among the most complete and best-preserved in Spain, and have been turned into…
A chicken effigy stands guard in the window of an old house, built into the medieval city wall of Girona, Spain. The university town, which dates to ancient times, tore down most of the city walls in the late 19th-century, but a remaining…
Everyone knows the Eiffel Tower, or Tour Eiffel. You could probably draw a pretty accurate sketch without even looking. And quite a few folks know that that Gustave Eiffel, who designed and built it, also provided the iron skeleton that keeps the Statue of Liberty standing in New York Harbor.
This is a hold-up! This fellow (and a companion on the other side of the door) carry the weight at building entrance on Stromgaten, near Bergen, Norway rail station. Historically, statues have served a variety of serious purposes: to honor the…