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[QUOTE="JillGat, post: 1087013, member: 47729"] I had a few special experiences in very small towns, holding very small, local fiestas. However the larger ones I avoid like the plague. Others may enjoy them, but after walking 25k, I'm usually not in the mood for accordion bands and revelry that goes on till 2am. The worst, interestingly enough since I am a wine lover, was the big Harvest Wine Festival in Logrono I happened upon. I got the last bed in the municipal albergue, grabbed some tapas to go and stayed in. The streets were filled with 20-30-somethings drinking - I'm not making this up - Coca Cola with red wine added. In the capital of La Rioja. Everyone was drunk, pissing in the street, sleeping on the sidewalk, making a lot of noise and a mess. I had hoped to visit a couple of my favorite wineries while there, but I didn't realize this would be happening, so I got out of there as fast as I could. At another big town festival, tourists had arrived from all over Spain and some from other countries to take part. While hanging my laundry in the courtyard of the albergue, tourists were coming in, taking pictures of the "pilgrims" like we were in a zoo. Interesting to be the object of this! One very large celebration, which was an enjoyable surprise for me, was coming into Leon during their 1000th anniversary. Yes, one thousand years. I arrived on my birthday in October and had a room on a second floor where I could watch the parade, with people from various nearby small towns wearing local costumes and walking beside ox carts. It was lovely. [/QUOTE]
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