LIVE from the Camino Good times in Portomarin

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Some sort of festival today:

 

[ksam]

I guess the question is...how do the Spanish "celebrate" Fat Tuesday? Mardi Gras? Fasching?

 

[ivar]

It was Entroido yesterday! (http://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entroido)
...Carnaval!

Public holiday in many places in Galicia.

Saludos,
Ivar

 

[ksam]

So what would be typical foods for Carnival?? My traditions include things like pancakes and donuts...all fatty foods!! By the time Ash Wednesday rolls around, I'm grateful for a fast!!

Karin

 

[ivar]

...they talk about the typical food here (if you scroll down a bot):
http://www.globaldreamers.org/share/car ... index.html

Saludos,
Ivar

 

[lynnejohn]

What a great festival! Pictures of the kids are utterly charming, of course, and I'm happy to see that they're educating them on forest conservation and preventing forest fires.

 

[Canuck]

It's carnival time all over Spain.

I was at La Sardina in Alicanate last week-end, Carnival parade two days ago in Tarragona, Barcelona yesterday, back again in Alicante next week-end for a special kid one for my grand-daughter and the following week in Jativa for Las Fallas and a little bit of ''agua de Valencia''.

Hope my liver can keep the pace...

Cheers,
Jean-Marc

 

[andy.d]

Jean Marc,

when I walked the Levante, I spent some wonderful time in the Folk Museum in Algemesi - they run the excellent albergue there. Worth visiting as it's clost to you. The Festa there is in September - one of those where people climb up in enormous towers,

Andy

 

[Canuck]

J... wonderful time in the Folk Museum in Algemesi - they run the excellent albergue there. Worth visiting as it's clost to you.

Andy,
Thanks for the suggestion. We'll make it a point to pay them a visit.

Cheers,
Jean-Marc