Sant Joan

So this past Wednesday was the national Spanish holiday Sant Joan. Yes, on a Wednesday so Spaniards have the excuse to take at least Tuesday and Thursday off as well as Wednesday.....hell why not take off the entire week?? That's how I feel it operates around here in terms of their liberal business practices. Sant Joan is a celebration of the summer solstice and the 'official' kickoff to the summer party season! Tuesday night, Sant Joan eve, is the REAL celebration where as Wednesday it really just a relaxing/recovery day (like New Years Day). So Tuesday night all of us went down to the beach around 10 pm to watch all the fireworks and party and drink on the beach. We got a huge speech from our program advisor and had to sign a waiver prior to going down there (they were just trying to scare us and talk us out of participating).

Every year on Sant Joan someone isn't paying attention to the fireworks or the fires and ends up losing a digit or burning their face or something moronic like that....hence the waivers. But not to worry I played it safe and still have all 10 fingers and toes. It was basically just a lot of fireworks...a lot of them set off by the locals....and a lot of trash fires, burning of furniture, children throwing firecrackers....and partying on the beach! It was a really great night!

The next day I took full advantage of having a random Wednesday off from work and I slept in, watched a movie and chilled at Bellaterra all day. That was the first day in the 22 days that I had been here that I did not do a single thing or have anything planned. It was beautiful.