Posts Tagged ‘Fiestas’

It’s Fiesta Time in Mora dR...

Posted on Aug 20 2011 | No Comments
So, you think life in rural Spain is pretty quiet do you? Not much going on? Bit boring perhaps? Well, you’d be surprised! There’s barely a month goes by without some fiesta or celebration going on somewhere. But in the summer  from the smallest village to the major cities  – Spain rocks! Today is the first day of our towns “Festa Major”... Read More »

Sunday Breakfast

Posted on Feb 20 2011 | 1 Comment
Sunday Breakfast Now can you imagine 600 or so people turning out in England on a Sunday morning at the end of February for a communal outdoor breakfast of a sardine sarnie and red-wine? Nah! Me neither! But that is exactly what we did... Read More »

Dancing with Devils -The Catalan Cor...

Posted on Jul 31 2010 | No Comments
Dancing with Devils -The Catalan Correfoc It was our first Fiesta Mayor in Catalonia. 10 days of party and entertainment and tonight there was to be something called a “Correfoc”. There was an air of anticipation as we stood waiting with the crowds.... Read More »

Three Visions, One World – The...

Posted on Jun 22 2010 | No Comments
Three Visions, One World – The Mora Morisca “Three Visions, One World” is the slogan associated with the Mora Morisca festival held each year  in Mora d’Ebre. I love the Morisca! It has to be one of my favourite weekends! Banners flutter across the... Read More »

Miravet Cherry Fiesta

Posted on Jun 05 2010 | 3 Comments
Miravet Cherry Fiesta On the second Sunday in June Miravet holds its annual  Cherry Fiesta in the large square by the riverside -Plaza del Arenal. Its fabulous location by the River Ebro, the Castle of Miravet looking down from above and great... Read More »

So many fiestas – not enough t...

Posted on Apr 30 2010 | No Comments
So many fiestas – not enough time! I have a dilemma this weekend. It is May 1st tomorrow and it is a holiday here. No shops open Saturday or Sunday! That’s not my problem though.  The difficulty is trying to decide what I’m going to do because... Read More »

Calҫotada- The Onion Fiesta! Mes qu...

Posted on Feb 01 2010 | No Comments
Calҫotada- The Onion Fiesta! Mes que una ceba! When you come to live in Catalonia, one thing you soon notice is the universal celebration of  food! There are fiestas  dedicated to cherries, peaches, rice, wine, artichokes (I kid you not!) oysters, oranges – in... Read More »

The Day the Animals went to Church

Posted on Jan 18 2010 | No Comments
The Day the Animals went to Church No sooner have the “Bon Nadal” greetings and decorations been taken down there is yet another Saint’s day. January 17th is the Festa Sant Antoni -the Catholic patron saint of domestic animals. The religious... Read More »