Monthly Archives: May 2012

Carme Ruscalleda’s Sant Pau: Art to eat in Barcelona

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

This post is a happy celebration of the Covetotop’s nomination as one of the top 9 websites for European travel, by the American mag “All Women Stalk”. Taking into account that said outstanding mag is intended for outstanding ladies, this … Continue reading →

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9 Websites for European travel

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

The website “All Women Stalk” has included “Covetotop” (this very blog you’re reading now, my dear friend) in its recent article called “9 Websites for European travel“. From 1 to 9, my blog is number 6. That outstanding, superb, wonderful … Continue reading →

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Aiguablava: Mediterranean anti-matter

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

Aigua: Water Blava: Blue Aiguablava: Well, in order to explain what the Catalan name “Aiguablava” means, I’d better show you this picture below … That is it. Aiguablava, a jaw-dropping bay of the Costa Brava (Catalonia, Spain). Swimming these turquoise … Continue reading →

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Following the steps of the “Master of Cabestany”: The sarcophagus of Saint Sernin (Saint Hilaire Abbey, Southern France)

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

If you, my dear visitor, have been so brave or so confused as to click somewhere on such a long and unappealing title as “Following the steps of the Master of Cabestany: The sarcophagus of St. Sernin (Saint Hilaire Abbey, … Continue reading →

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Following the steps of the “Master of Cabestany”: Cabestany village (Southern France)

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

In the beautiful Roussillon, very close to the French-Spanish border, between the Mediterranean Sea and the Pyrenees Mountains, there is a little village named Cabestany. It’s almost a suburb of Perpignan, once the capital of Roussillon, and definitively it’s difficult … Continue reading →

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Swimming in the Costa Brava

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

Too many phantoms, castles and mountains in Covetotop’s last few posts. Too much effort drafting dull paragraphs and editing underexposed pictures. Too much mist. Too many shadows. Too much wine. Let’s consider the situation. Out there, I have the blue … Continue reading →

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Raiders of the lost wine (part 2): We found it!

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

(This terrifying and terrible post is the conclusion of a previous one called “Raiders of the lost wine: The phantom castle“) As soon as we heard the phantom’s voice, our hearts failed, and we started to run downhill as fast … Continue reading →

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The Phantom Post

Posted on May 12, 2012 by

I’m aware that this blog has very few followers. I know that no matter the effort, information, imagination and love I put in any post, visits will be scarce. It isn’t really a problem, because my original aims with this … Continue reading →

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Raiders of the lost wine: The phantom castle

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

All began with a simple suggestion from the waiter: “This red wine is awesome, sir. It’s made by traditional procedures in l’Alt Empordà; I mean, by stomping feet in baskets with grapes.” It was a very good wine indeed. My … Continue reading →

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Restaurant El Fort de Ullastret or the Slow Food apotheosis

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

“We are enslaved by speed and have all succumbed to the same insidious virus: Fast Life, which disrupts our habits, pervades the privacy of our homes and forces us to eat Fast Foods … To be worthy of the name, … Continue reading →

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