Tamariu

Last weekend we were fortunate enough to be invited to party given for Ruth Davis. Ruth, who recently retired after a long, wonderful career at the State Department, was the U.S. Counsel General in Barcelona in the early 1990s, where she obviously made many good friends. We got to know Ruth through Margaret Simms, who in 1991 and 1992 came to visit us in Paris and Ruth in Barcelona.

The party was at a house near the small town of Tamariu on the Costa Brava, a 90 minute drive north of Barcelona. The setting was spectacular.

It was a lively and interesting group, which gathered on the lawn to talk and take pictures.The delightful co-guest of honor, along with Ruth, was Pasqual Maragall, who was mayor of Barcelona while Ruth was Counsel General. Indeed, he was mayor from 1982 to 1997, and his administration was responsible for the rebuilding of Barcelona after the doldrums of the Franco years, and for bringing the Olympics to Barcelona in 1992.

Ruth, Pasqual, and another guest.

Pasqual with our hostess, Maria.Other guests.
The party was capped by a wonderful lunch on the lawn...
And afterwards there was coffee and more good conversation.