Honestly, I know absolutely nothing about Hostalric.
I never planned on going. It was one of those “Ooooh, castle on a mountain! Me voy!” sort of moments, in which you rapidly whip the steering wheel to the right and whiz through roundabouts in the general direction of what you’ve spotted, ignoring the GPS’s pleas to turn around.
I must say, it was quite the… castle-y castle. It even had a moat! The moat was dry but hey, you can drive all the way up the lumpy cobblestones to the top of the mountain and wander the whole place solo, so no complaints from me.
At the top, there’s a restaurant, but dinner was a couple of hours away for me. Along the reinforcements around the bottom, though, the city had converted the lower quarters into modern apartments, which is WAY COOL!!, so if ever you need to live out fantasies of holing up in the ramparts of a medieval castle, head that way.
Enjoy the following gallery of photos.
Adeu! (That’s Catalan for adios, BTW)
About Athena Thickstun
Athena is currently completing her bachelors degree at the Art Institute of Las Vegas.
She went to Spain originally to stage in and write about restaurante Martin Berasategui for 6 months, a 3-Michelin starred restaurant in Lasarte, near San Sebastian in Pais Vasco.
Becoming enamoured with the country and the people, she extended her stay to work at Quique Dacosta's 2-Michelin starred restaurant in Denia, near Valencia and Alicante.
Her experience prior to the restaurants in Spain includes working at Mario Batali's B & B Ristorante, brief stages at restaurants by Joel Robuchon, Alain Ducasse, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and Thomas Keller, all in Las Vegas. She has also interned with both the Food Network and PBS Television, as well as studying cuisine in Orvieto, Italy at the Zeppelin Ristorante and classes at the Bocuse Institute in Lyon, France. Athena is currently pursuing her bachelor's degree in Culinary Management at the Art Institute of Las Vegas, as well as sommelier certification through the ISG.
When she's not cooking, Athena enjoys writing, hiking, Indi films, vineyards, museums, travel, and eating.
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