Sunday, October 12, 2008

A tad early

It's a bank holiday here in Spain so there will be some partying going on. With a party you expect fireworks but not necessarily at 9am in the morning.

However, the Spaniards do like to start early with these things. At the wine and horses festival in Caravaca de la Cruz they ring the church bells at dawn just to make sure that everyone is awake and ready for the celebration to come.

At Easter, here in Bigastro, we have fireworks at 7am for the "Encuentro" when Mary meets Jesus and realises that he has risen from the dead. If you know that it is going to happen you can prepare for it, otherwise it can come as a shock to the system and leave you with a headache that lasts most of the day.

The fireworks this morning were not a problem for me you understand because I was up just before 8am. For those who stayed up late at the Pedrera to enjoy Tony Francis though, it must have been a rude awakening. I imagine some felt they'd had "A Hard Day's Night" when they were shaken from their slumber by the loud bangs.

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