Party time

Fiesta time again

The festeros are doing things a little differently this year which is quite nice

The streamers are the same, very pretty

Friday night was a change of band which didn´t finish till 2.30am

So by the time every thing had been packed away it was bed for 3.30am

You can see our ground floor courtyard in the top left hand corner

So you can see its pointless trying to sleep until it´s over.

Usually all is quiet till Saturday evening and the furries have all day to 

recover and go outside until we round them up again and shut them in.

This time we were woken at 7.45 am by fire crackers  being lit as they organised a bbq for breakfast

Then set up a bouncy castle for the children

(our neighbour being a big kid - she had never been on one)

At least it was quiet in the afternoon and we managed a little siesta

Each evening a picnic supper is enjoyed about 10pm before the band starts around 11pm

this finishes about 2.30/3 am

Sunday morning is the church service and races

The church has been decorated with lillies and the scent is really heady

Part of the service is Santa Barbara being paraded around the plaza twice with the piper and drummer leading and the congregation following 

This years festeros present cake to next years festeros with a flower, so it´s our turn next year

They also serve ice cold lemon drink, rather like a slush puppy in texture, very welcome as it was 37.5 in the shade by then.

Races are held for all age groups with prizes for all the children

Then gradually people disperse ready to start again tonight.

Unfortunately the Spanish love fire crackers and let them off without warning, which is very disconcerting and extremely loud.

Hubby gone off for a siesta so I am doing a little knitting under the ceiling fan

take care

xcx