first blogiversary

blogiversary
weekend!

A year ago on Sept 23rd I stepped into the blogosphere and began a blog in English - my first one in Spanish had only two faithful dear readers (my sis and a friend of mine) but as always I wanted something different: MORE. And decided the best way to get some instant attention was to participate in the Meet & Greet comment game. But what to post? I thought a local festival could come in handy as it was a neutral topic and maybe of interest (at least more interesting than reading about just another new blogger!) Therefore I will never forget my blogiversary: it is always on the festivities of La Mercé, dedicated to the patron saint of Barcelona, the Virgin of Mercy, which involves a fabulous assortment of popular Catalan traditions and mythology. The city celebrates by hosting one its largest street party of the year with street music and dancing, fairs, theatre, concerts and parades. Firework spectacles light up figures of dragons and devils, and gigantic folklore icons of Catalonia ('gegants': see picture above) are paraded through the city centre, while traditional teams of 'Castellers' build human pyramids. The festival, which officially first took place in 1902, is a way to say goodbye to the summer with a bang, welcoming the cooler months of autumn (information gathered from the net).

This year 2006 isn't any different, there are hundreds of different activities taking place in the city. The festival has events that run from Friday 22nd to Monday 25th September. Including a hip hop concert my son- Mr 18 - and his friends plan to attend on sunday, which begins at 2:30... in the morning! But that is not all: a French group is scheduled to play one hour later! I still cannot get used to these hours...

Happy blogiversary , thanks for your kind attention, I can't believe it's been a year already! A bit of blog "history" and curiosities can be found below. But don't leave without having a piece of cake! Update- because Meribeth started it and I think it is fun: pls tell me where from you are leaving a message! because you ARE leaving one, aren't you ? :D