Day 5- Tour of Tarragona, and Sitges

The Team at the Ruins of a Roman Gladiatorial Arena in Tarragone

Today we woke up early, and with everyone completely exhausted from a hectic week, and a physical first match, we sucked it up and hopped on the bus for a two-hour bus ride to the ancient coastal city of Tarragone.
Tarragone is, as our tour-guide, Xavi, informed us, quote, "a city, built atop a city..."
This bustling sea-side city is built directly atop one of the largest, most influential cities of the Roman empire.
We were led through the streets on a walking tour, and around every turn the foundations of 2000 year old buildings were exposed. The main section of the old-city literally lies upon a Roman "Hippodrome", which was in this case, a 30,000 seat stadium used for chariot racing. We were even taking underground into the vaulted support structures of this ancient stadium.

Underneath the Roman Hippodrome in the Massive Vaulted Support Structures

We ended the tour at the Roman gladiatorial arena (see top picture), and we then had a relaxing lunch at a restaurant on a terrace above the Roman sites overlooking the Mediterranean.
After boarding the bus again we drove back in the direction of Santa Susanna, making a stop mid-way back at the resort town of Sitges.

The Area Right Next to the Beach at Sitges (Not our Photo, the First Place I Forgot to Take Pictures At)

Some of the team chose to shop, or eat, for the time we had in Sitges, and a large group of us also got to enjoy an awesome time on the beach. The beach, though a little crowded, was still amazing, it had soft-light colored sand, and the water was warm enough that some of the team played volleyball in the water for more than in hour...
We headed back to Santa Susanna, and members of the team split-up for dinner and some much needed recoup time before we hit the soccer field again for practice tomorrow morning, which is followed tomorrow night by our 2nd match of the trip against another professional, 1st division-side, RCD Espanyol.

The Crest of Tomorrow Evening's Opponent

Review of our match against Espanyol tomorrow evening, wish us luck!