Ricardo Blanco's Blog

Notes from a Catalan village: Caterpillar processions and the blind men of Bram

A couple of months ago, walking the dog on a hill track beyond the cemetery,  I nearly walked into a quite hideous nest-like construction, hanging from a pine tree at head level, looking like something from a science… Read More

Flying Pigs

Pursuing the porcine theme, I recall a couple of weeks spent slumming it in the city of Carcassonne, and being much amused by the legend of Dame Carcas, which goes something like this: In 760, Pepin the Short… Read More