Pearly Grey Blog

Fiesta night……

Last Tuesday Ana-Maria and I were lucky enough to catch the crescendo of the week long fiestas that engulfed the village of Alcala (20 min.s drive towards Los Gigantes.)

The purpose of the fiesta is to honor their patron saint “Our lady of Candelaria”, who, incidentally is also the Saint of the Canary Islands.

Although primarily a religious fiesta, the emphasis is very much an eating, drinking and dancing, all night long affair (two out of three of which I am very good at!)  Live bands mix a combination of Salsa and Latino rhythm which has the whole town partying in the village square.

The grand finale of the fiesta takes place on 15^th August; this is when thousands of people converge on the harbour of Alcalà to witness their world famous fire work display. This boasts over thirty minutes of every conceivable color and shape illuminating the night sky, this year they even re created lava erupting from the rocks out to sea – amazing!!

After the display we headed back to the main square to sample the live music.

No visit to Alcalà Fiesta would be complete without sampling a hot dog from the “Perros Calientes” stall, where you can witness the fastest hot dog maker in the west! Really, he must make about 12 hot dogs a minute all night long!! Funny, it reminded me of the fish filleters in Hull. Ha ha…

Eventually with Salsa music still ringing in our ears we headed for home. The Canarian locals, ever party lovers, were still converging in the square and would remain to see the fiesta through until morning. 

Next time you are over make sure you check this out; it’s truly a fantastic night for all the family.

That’s all for now folks, as it’s time for the champagne farewell.  Its still 30 degrees day and night over here on our little Volcano in the Atlantic.

Come and see us all soon

Cheers

Dougie