A romería is a cross between a religious procession and a party. Typically, they hold a special mass and then take the statue out for several kilometres along a traditional route, followed by floats which hand out free food and wine, and lots of people, some in traditional dress, many of them singing and / or dancing. Since it’s a big event, most of them don’t happen every year. Tonight…
This video was taken in Monday 16th. The fire was officially under control by 2 pm on the 18th, and then another column of smoke scared everybody to death again, but it was dealt with very promptly. Meanwhile, the police are investigating the possibility of arson.
Here’s a picture from Santa Cruz de La Palma. If anybody knows the name of the trees, please let me know.
It’s been a bit depressing lately. My body clock still hasn’t recovered from the house disco at the weekend, which is probably one reason why progress on the book has been slower than I’d hoped. Plus, there are forest fires on La Palma, Tenerife and La Gomera. Then I posted on Facebook my opinion that global climate change was one thing making forest fires worse – just one thing –…
A forest fire is burning near Montaña Quemada in El Paso. The last I heard, it had burned 400 hectares and the fire-fighters were trying to keep it inside the lava flows which form a natural fire-break. 100 people have been evacuated from Tajuya, Piedra Blanca, Juliana y La Moradita, and the old tunnel through the Cumbre had been closed (the new, lower tunnel is bi-directional). There’s a much bigger…
From top to bottom: Jupiter, the moon, and Venus Our village is having its annual fiesta, which is nice. Last night there was a house music disco. I’m not a fan of house, but hey, my parents didn’t care for Status Quo. I can live with this one night a year. The music from the house disco fought with the music from a thrash metal concert in the next village….