Sant Jordi's Day

Click on the picture above to learn about the story of 'The Lovers Day' in Barcelona. Today is Sant Jord's Day! For those who are new to this tradition Catalan celebration, it is similar to Valentine's Day in Catalonia where girls receive roses and gives books to guys. They don't have to be your lover but someone you care about like a friend or people you work with. Barcelona they've been exchanging them on April 23 since the 15th century! St Jordi's (George's) Day is also England's National Day. In Barcelona, hundreds of flower stands selling roses and makeshift bookstalls are hastily set up for the occasion. By the end of the day, some four million roses and 400,000 books are purchased in the name of love, registering half of the total yearly book sales of Catalonia on this day alone! If you have some free time, take a walk on the famous Las Ramblas or Ramble Catalonia and feel the spirit of this lovely day! Here's a great site about Sant Jordi's Day