Castells are human towers built by members of amateur groups, usually as part of annual festivities in Catalonian towns and cities.

UNESCO: Culture

The last town before the Spanish border, Cerbere, feels more Catalonian and less French, with a smaller quai-side than Banyuls and a boat-clogged harbour framed by the Pyrenees.

BBC: Over the Pyrenees to Dali��s house

The other, espinacas a la catalana, a tapa of wilted spinach with raisins and pine nuts, demonstrates the Catalonian penchant for making savory food sweet with the addition of dried fruits.

WSJ: Jos�� Andr��s's Garlic Shrimp and Catalan Spinach | Slow Food Fast

The team selected wild ants from the main European super-colony, from another smaller one called the Catalonian super-colony which lives on the Iberian coast, the Californian super-colony and from the super-colony in west Japan, as well as another in Kobe, Japan.

BBC: Earth News - Ant mega-colony takes over world