Pausing among the plentiful poppies, we turn towards a melodious birdsong in the trees. Someone holds a phone aloft and an app confirms, it’s a nightingale. It’s the first I’ve ever heard but it won’t be my last on this walking tour of Catalonia with Involved Holidays.
While our bird stays hidden, the wildflowers are out in force. Besides the poppies, thick clumps of yellow broom line our path and blue chicory flowers peep from hedgerows. To my surprise, our guide even plucks wild asparagus spears from the undergrowth. There would be more, she explains, but locals have spent the last month foraging.
