Three o’clock we arrived home this morning, after a fabulous fiesta night in Mojacar pueblo. We listened to two live Spanish popular bands, who between them were playing tango’s and rumba’s as well as Spanish and UK recognised hits, when we arrived at ten o’clock, and were still going strong until we submitted and set off home at twenty to three. The atmosphere was brilliant, with children and old folks all singing and dancing for all they were worth the whole night long. We were only dressed in our day wear, tee shirts and shorts etc and we were splendidly warm all evening, even though the pueblo is actually very high up.
The fiesta actually goes on for four nights. How they manage all that drinking, eating and dancing is amazing. All round the back streets of the pueblo the bars were all playing their own loud music and the customers were spilling out into the streets ,quite apart from what goes on in the plaza. The cacophony of noise and music at times is quite breath taking in and around the narrow streets of the town. The Spanish must think an awful lot of San Agustin to warrant so much partying.
I am writing this at half past ten Sunday morning and we have just crawled out of bed feeling very ‘fiesta lagged‘. We didn’t have anything alchofrolic to drink, after a pint at El Pinar, before we set off for Mojacar, so we are not really hung over (well that’s my story and I’m sticking to it!!). I think a gentle sort of a day is perhaps demanded today.
The pictures are of a superb sunset over El Pinar at about nine o’clock last night and of course the magic of the Mojacar Fiesta.
PS: Happy 12th Wedding Anniversary to Steve and Debs for today, HANDayXXXX I & O XXX
2 comments:
Dear Elayne & Paul.
At last I have blogged! -- or whatever the correct term is for logging on to your fascinating Blogspot. You both seem to do a devil of a lot of celebrating and getting around in general and the photos are a great way for us to get a feel for your way of life. (I got this far when to my amazement you rang up!!)
I told you on the 'phone about our hectic period of the Drama Festival, Wedding (and cake!) and the Flower Festival which finished yesterday. So today I have to mow our much neglected lawn, have a hair cut, count a backlog of Copper Poppers, fix a kitchen drawer that is driving us both crazy by keep sliding open and then I can think about packing. I told you that we are going to spend a few days in Totnes in Devon just to get away from it all.
It was really great of you to 'phone and the Blog is so interesting. Look after yourselves and keep in touch.
Love from us both.
Joan & Mike.
Have a good rest. See you are now mentioned in the despatches. We now know two sets of people in El Pinar that are from Oldham, they all must have wanted to escape real bad!!:-))!
Love E&P
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