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”...
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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...
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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....
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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