Category: Fiestas
FIESTA EN FOTOS
Foam party at Cómpeta Feria
It’s still hot hot hot!!! and the children (as mentioned in my last post) are still glued to the pool… but we did manage to drag them away last weekend for the annual foam party in Cómpeta. We’re all big kids in our house and we love a good fiesta de espuma. At this time…
DRESS UP BOX #2
Homemade: The Incredibles family outfit
It’s almost Carnaval time of year again whopee! Actually I’m a little embarrassed about how excited I am, way more than the kids are. We’re going down to Tarifa
FIESTA EN FOTOS
Trick or treating in Sedella
Less than ten years ago Halloween wasn’t even heard of, never mind celebrated, in our village but with the constant influx of foreigners eventually it filtered in. Typically, the Spanish grabbed it by both horns and now it’s a huge event, for the children mostly but for anyone young of heart.
FIESTA EN FOTOS
La Feria de la Mula, Arenas
Every year on the 12th of October, the village of Arenas holds the Feria de la Mula to honour and protect this hard-working animal that for centuries has been a vital part of rural life here in the Axarquia. The mula (mule) is still used to carry grapes, olives and other produce up the steep…
DRESS UP BOX #1:
Sparkly Micheal Jackson jacket and glove
JJ’s been going through a Michael Jackson obsession the past few months ever since his friend Josh showed him this live version of Billie Jean on Youtube. It’s the
GET YOUR GLAD RAGS ON!
The tradition of dressing up in Andalucia
When I was 5 years old my best friend and I loved to dress up. Her house had an attic which nobody except her seemed to use, full of boxes