Wow, time is flying by in Sevilla. Okay, so they aren´t always having festas and celebrating something here as this week is Holy Week. It´s a huge week, the biggest of the year. I´m including a few videos to better capture the processions:
These will give an idea, but they don´t capture the entire story. When asked earlier this evening if we have processions like these in America, I thought about the local parades. Our parades are an hour long at best with a float pulled by a pick-up truck. Nothing wrong with that, but when you compare these processions that take 7 to 8 hours to complete with floats that are intricately designed and CARRIED, I thoughtfully said “no, we don´t.”
Alex, Joe and Pacqi´s son is 8 and has been in the procession for the 6th year! It´s an honor for people to be part of it, so this was a huge day for him, perhaps the biggest day of the year. His procession left his church around 8 pm and wouldn´t return until around 4 this morning! He did a great job making it until well after midnight!
We ate lots during the meal before the procession. Tapas of all kinds! I´ll write more tomorrow. I´m bushed.
Sal and I will meet up this Thursday in Madrid then take a train to Leon. We plan to start our Camino on Friday morning. Appropriately it will be Good Friday. We´re both looking forward to the adventure. Here´s some info on the Camino:
http://www.caminodesantiago.me.uk/
Buonas noches from Sevilla!
Dominic
Tags: camino de santiago, catgear, family, holy week, Madrid, semana santa, sevilla, trains
