La beauté des contrées lointaines
Qu’une Canadienne ayant grandi à proximité des montagnes Rocheuses tombe sous le charme de la vallée de Núria est la preuve flagrante de la magnificence de cette zone des Pyrénées catalanes accessible à pied ou en train-crémaillère exclusivement.
« I knew I would like The Vall de Núria (Valley of Núria in English) as soon as I heard that the only way to get there was by rack railway or by foot. No roads=bliss/joy/nature (take your pick of adjectives). What I didn’t realize was how much I would like it.
The Vall de Núria is stunning! And this is coming from a girl who grew up near the Rocky Mountains in Canada, so believe me, I know my mountains! »
Partant pour une randonnée avec Laurel ?
Gérone, une province séduisante
Laurel est folle de Gérone, à tel point qu’elle s’y est rendue cinq fois en deux ans. C’est parce que cette province déborde de lieux surprenants, voire captivants… impossible de rester indifférente.
« It’s one of those places that keeps drawing you back. Located just 100km from Barcelona, it’s an easy train ride and has a completely different feel than Barcelona. (…) You can easily spend hours getting lost in the cobblestone streets, wandering from one cafe to another, sampling some of its famous Jamón ibérico (Iberian ham) which is always one of my favorite things to do regardless of where I am in Catalonia. »
Laissez-vous séduire par la Gérone de Laurel !
Noguera Pallaresa, seulement pour les braves
Avez-vous pratiqué le rafting ? Lauren nous explique son aventure, des plus amusantes, de descente en rafting sur la rivière Noguera Pallaresa.
“And a second later, I found myself somersaulting out of the raft and into the water gasping for air as I pulled myself to the surface above the rapids. The water came up to my waist, but was very powerful – as rapids tend to be! I could hear voices and not the usual ones in my head – I kid, well mostly…but couldn’t make out any words. The rapids were too loud. I wasn’t swimming, just dragging along the bottom of the river bed, knees seeming to catch every sharp rock along the way. Over the crush of the waves I saw a yellow burst of color, aka a paddle!”
L’émotion est assurée, vous vous lancez ?
Le secret des paellas catalanes
Une bonne paella accompagnée des meilleurs vins catalans dans un cadre naturel spectaculaire. Dans cet article, Laurel partage l’expérience de comment élaborer une bonne paella dans le style catalan, à l’air libre et selon la recette du chef Joan Marce González.
“At the risk of being hunted down, I am sharing Catalonian chef Joan Marce Gonzalez secret to perfecting a paella – Catalonian style. Note to all chefs – you can’t expect to share your secrets with a bunch of travel bloggers and have them kept as secrets. Or secrets about Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter. Better make that any secret. Travel bloggers are notoriously bad secret keepers. But I digress. Back to Joan Marce Gonzalez. He is also the same chef that also prepared our calcots at our Catalonian Gastronomical Event.”
Découvrez tous les secrets !
