1st of May
Happy Birthday Dad.
The Feria is on in Rota (Spring Fair). Wednesday night was the opening night. The opening ceremony was at 10.00 at night. We arrived at about 11.00pm and things were still a bit slow by the time we left at 12.30am things were just beginning to build up (we will spend most of Saturday there). The bus timetable has changed especially for Feria. First bus to go out our way is at 2.00am then next at 5.30am. No wonder Thursday is a holiday everyone will be sleeping. Our sleeping as changed completely we are now not waking until 9.00am to 10.00am, get ready, have breakfast and head off for the day about 1.00pm. We then spend the next 8 hours out and about and do not get home until 10.00 at the earliest.
The Spanish know how to do a fair. Dodgem cars are the way I remember them as a kid. None of this OHS stuff. Cars can go any direction, the area is bigger and they have powder on the floor to help the cars slide better. The boys had a ball. We will travel the country side for a few days and return to Rota for the fair on Saturday and Sunday
Lisa
Today we headed off in our rental car (it’s a weird green colour, so we named it El Snota). We went up the coast a little and explored Sanlucar for a few hours. It is a public holiday so everyone was dressed up and in the main plaza having lunch, so we joined them. From here we went to Jerez, one of the bigger “towns” (well over 100 000 people) in the region. We noticed everybody dressed up and walking in the same direction in the CBD, so we eventually found a park and followed the crowd. We came across a fair of some sort without the rides. There were at least 40 000 people there. Most of the women were done up to the nines in the traditional Spanish dresses. The avenues were full of people and what seemed like hundreds of horses and buggies (also very well dressed) doing laps. Lining the way was basically hospitality tent after hospitality tent – there must have been a thousand of them, all offering food and drink for the assembled masses. Their were no Easter show-style dagwood dogs, hot chips or pies. It was all real food cooked out the back of each tent. It must have been a huge thing to organize, but I think each tent is handled by an individual local business (bar, restaurant) or even family. The local fair here has the same thing (on a smaller scale), but with rides as well. We drove back via El Puerto de Santa Maria and have spent an hour or 2 recharging before I take the boys back to the fair for a while tonight.I have been doing most of the driving (on the right hand side). I think I’m doing OK (I’ve only driven on the left side once!) Lisa has been wearing a hole in the passenger floor where the phantom brake pedal is located.
Rob
Happy Birthday Dad.
The Feria is on in Rota (Spring Fair). Wednesday night was the opening night. The opening ceremony was at 10.00 at night. We arrived at about 11.00pm and things were still a bit slow by the time we left at 12.30am things were just beginning to build up (we will spend most of Saturday there). The bus timetable has changed especially for Feria. First bus to go out our way is at 2.00am then next at 5.30am. No wonder Thursday is a holiday everyone will be sleeping. Our sleeping as changed completely we are now not waking until 9.00am to 10.00am, get ready, have breakfast and head off for the day about 1.00pm. We then spend the next 8 hours out and about and do not get home until 10.00 at the earliest.
The Spanish know how to do a fair. Dodgem cars are the way I remember them as a kid. None of this OHS stuff. Cars can go any direction, the area is bigger and they have powder on the floor to help the cars slide better. The boys had a ball. We will travel the country side for a few days and return to Rota for the fair on Saturday and Sunday
Lisa
Today we headed off in our rental car (it’s a weird green colour, so we named it El Snota). We went up the coast a little and explored Sanlucar for a few hours. It is a public holiday so everyone was dressed up and in the main plaza having lunch, so we joined them. From here we went to Jerez, one of the bigger “towns” (well over 100 000 people) in the region. We noticed everybody dressed up and walking in the same direction in the CBD, so we eventually found a park and followed the crowd. We came across a fair of some sort without the rides. There were at least 40 000 people there. Most of the women were done up to the nines in the traditional Spanish dresses. The avenues were full of people and what seemed like hundreds of horses and buggies (also very well dressed) doing laps. Lining the way was basically hospitality tent after hospitality tent – there must have been a thousand of them, all offering food and drink for the assembled masses. Their were no Easter show-style dagwood dogs, hot chips or pies. It was all real food cooked out the back of each tent. It must have been a huge thing to organize, but I think each tent is handled by an individual local business (bar, restaurant) or even family. The local fair here has the same thing (on a smaller scale), but with rides as well. We drove back via El Puerto de Santa Maria and have spent an hour or 2 recharging before I take the boys back to the fair for a while tonight.I have been doing most of the driving (on the right hand side). I think I’m doing OK (I’ve only driven on the left side once!) Lisa has been wearing a hole in the passenger floor where the phantom brake pedal is located.
Rob
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