I ate my body weight in blueberry cheesecake today and now I’m full of regret and happiness at the same time🥺 seems the diet has to wait till I get home.
When I looked at my phone memories today, I saw that I was here the same time in 2019, and that there was a festival on, so I went into town (I’m living about a kilometre from the cathedral) to see if it was happening again, and yes indeedy do!
What a joy! It was right at midday when heaps of pilgrims were milling about in the main square , but after watching for 10 minutes,I wandered down to Pilgrim House to meet with Patti and sort out some travel arrangements. while we were sitting on the couch getting more and more confused, the parade came down our street so we dropped everything and went to watch. We got a much better view as they came down the street – so colourful and entertaining. I have no idea why this fiesta is happening as it contained all elements from the Carnival which is held at the end of winter in February- I read somewhere that they celebrate the same way for the end of summer, so here it is. Perhaps someone who knows more can elaborate on this (Johnniewalker?) and I can edit this post accordingly. Anyway, it was fun.
Margaret Caffyn 