The Burning.
Now for the fun part.
Not that the rest wasn't fun, it was so lovely travelling on the bus with you all, and how was that pool party, ha ha.
But it is time for us to head into Valencia.
Many, maybe most, of you have never attended one of Spain's street parties.
They occur mostly in summer; The Running of the Bulls, La Tomatina, and a plethora of smaller, crazy, local festivals.
We have been to more than we could possibly remember (lots of booze) and would like to pass on some of our expertise.
Dress. I suggest that you wear something nice, but something that you don't mind staining. A white t-shirt is always a good top covering and some jeans.
You will have wine spilled, or thrown, on you. I say white t-shirt as a wine stained shirt makes for an awesome souvenir.
Shoes, wear shoes, people get over excited at these things and smash glass. I've seen some gashes and slices that have opened up so deep the meaning of life is revealed. Shoes prevent this.
Camera, figgaro figgaro fiiiiiiggaro camera. Make sure that puppy withstands flying sangria, or wrap the motherlicker in a plastic bag.
What happens?
Well our beautiful bus driver once again pretends to see that we aren't taking booze onto his bus.
We load up and we take the short, Mediterranean hugging, drive to the center of town.
Once in town we jostle for position. There are going to be thousands, thousands, of people there with the same purpose.
To watch people burn things.
There will be music and we'll be dancing and the spirits will be oh so high.
Once the fire brigade has assessed the situation and deemed the environment safe (as safe as any tight quartered city street with a 30 foot bonfire in the middle of it can be) they light the statues.
These things are huge, made out of paper, and can depict absolutely anything.
There are also a million fireworks, and while we will all be looking beautiful we'll be surrounded by other beauties.
Woo hoo!
Once it is all done and dusted we'll jump back on the bus and head back to camp where a few more drinks, a few more tales and a few more amazing dance moves will go down.
My goodness that sounds like fun.
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