Some time has passed since our last entry, so first to recap on recent events.
Yesterday was MotoGP day at Jerez, and the race was won by Spaniard Dani Pedrosa - a fact which was appreciated by our Spanish guests in Casa Campana, who biked down from Murcia and Madrid to attend the big race.
“It always rains during Holy Week”. So say some friends of ours who have been living in this area for the last five years. And it did again, though just on the one day, so most of the ten processions went ahead as planned. If you’ve ever seen a procession itself, you’ll know the only identifying factor for the people carrying the saint is their shuffling feet. So if you’ve ever wondered how these guys look from the ankle up, check out the picture above (taken during practice). Now you know!
Going back a little further, after the rastro we held in January, we had the unusual experience of hosting Belén, an anthropologist from Jerez - in our cellar. Yes, Belén slept not in one of the guestrooms but in the cellar. She suffers a bad reaction from mobile phone masts and - worse still - from wireless internet. Belén was looking for somewhere to sleep without either of these signals, and for a few days she stayed with us. It was a real pleasure to help Belén out for a bit, before she went off to the sierra in search of an isolated finca. I said to Belén that I had no knowledge of such signals affecting people physically and mentally, to which she replied that she was not alone. She plans to write a book about her experiences.
A new Costa de la Luz weekly weather forecast on video has been launched by, er, me. Take a look. If you are not into weather forecasts then look upon these regular video posts as simple Spanish lessons (-:
Jim