Posts in the category 'spain'
Posts earlier than 7 August 2006
Moved Apartments
As most of you are already aware, we moved apartments last week. The landlord of our old place uses it as a summer holiday home... so kicked us out (nah, wasn't that bad - we knew when we took the place on). We got the keys to the new apartment last Tuesday and spent a few days sorting, cleaning, moving, etc. It's a little smaller than our old apartment, but it has two major benefits:…
Les Fogueres de Sant Joan
They say a picture says a thousand words... ... from this ... ... to this ... Last night was the Les Fogueres de Sant Joan in Alicante city. Hundreds of thousands of people turned up to see all the hogueras (bonfires) being set alight! It was amazing…
Good Friday in Alicante
Last night we went into Alicante city to see the Good Friday processions. As you can see from the photograph here, we were slightly alarmed that the Ku Klux Klan were in town... but rest assured they are the Brotherhood (or Cofradía) and this is their traditional dress. After the street procession, we headed into San Juan de Playa to meet up with Lynsey & Co. for a few drinks at the Harley…
Alicante Carnival 2006
We went into Alicante City centre on Saturday night to see the Carnival celebrations. Since this was our first 'Carnival' experience, we decided against going in fancy dress - so we didn't look like eejits... When we got there, everyone was in fancy dress!!! Hope you enjoy the photos as much as Kieran and I did! I ended up getting my coat caught on her big yellow hat! Revenge of the Planet of the Apes Hanging out with…
The Festival of the Three Kings
Today is the Epiphany. Back in the UK it's not a national holiday, yet it is over here - they love it! We went out into San Juan last night to watch the celebrations... it started off as a normal festival with floats and costumes, then we noticed that all the kids had plastic bags... these were for the sweets - the sweets that were launched from the tractor-pulled floats directly into the crowd. I've never…
Happy Nine Year?!
As they say in Spain... ¡Feliz Año Nuevo! So after getting her NIE number sorted, Lucy says to the guy behind the counter, "¡Feliz Año Nueve!". To which he just looks very confused and turned away. It wasn't until later that we realised that she mispronounced Nuevo (new) by saying Nueve (nine) - so now wonder the guy looked confused when someone is saying "Happy Nine Year!" to him! Its amazing to think that by mispronouncing…