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Observer Viewfinder competition 30.1.11
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Am completely bamboozled by today's "Viewfinder" competition. The written clue is:
Stags and hens might misbehave in its bigger neighbour, but people in this city get down and dirty with a vegetable in January. Gladiators and lions used to provide the entertainment, now families ride out of town w hen they're looking for some thrills. A herb should give you a bit of a clue. Name the city.
There are the four usual pictures .... a row of what looks like leeks (or large spring onions), some men dressed in red and white forming what seems to be a human pyramid, a flume ride, and the ruins of a Roman amphitheatre. At first glance it could be a NE city like Newcastle, but there is a beach and palm-trees in the picture of the Roman amphitheatre.
Can someone help, please? Many thanks, Chox.
Stags and hens might misbehave in its bigger neighbour, but people in this city get down and dirty with a vegetable in January. Gladiators and lions used to provide the entertainment, now families ride out of town w hen they're looking for some thrills. A herb should give you a bit of a clue. Name the city.
There are the four usual pictures .... a row of what looks like leeks (or large spring onions), some men dressed in red and white forming what seems to be a human pyramid, a flume ride, and the ruins of a Roman amphitheatre. At first glance it could be a NE city like Newcastle, but there is a beach and palm-trees in the picture of the Roman amphitheatre.
Can someone help, please? Many thanks, Chox.
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Tarragona, Spain?
The vegetables are calçots, a sort of spring onion served roasted in the locality. The human pyramid are the Castellers de Barcelona, one of a number of teams that perform at a festival inTarragona in September. The Roman Amphitheatre shown is in Tarragona. The water splash is slightly confusing - it is not in Tarragona, but in Portaventura, Salou which is a couple of miles from Tarragona. Salou is probably where "stags and hens might misbehave". The herb which should give us a bit of a clue is tarragon.
The vegetables are calçots, a sort of spring onion served roasted in the locality. The human pyramid are the Castellers de Barcelona, one of a number of teams that perform at a festival inTarragona in September. The Roman Amphitheatre shown is in Tarragona. The water splash is slightly confusing - it is not in Tarragona, but in Portaventura, Salou which is a couple of miles from Tarragona. Salou is probably where "stags and hens might misbehave". The herb which should give us a bit of a clue is tarragon.
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