Hello everyone, and welcome to another episode of our Spanish "adventure". We must say that we have been pretty spoiled so far
good weather (mostly), good food, good wine (not as good as italian though), open air markets, etc. So, it is natural to start thinking
when will this all "end"?
Anyway, so most tourists are in town for "Semana Grande" (Big Week), a week long festival involving coming to a beautiful town and basically doing all the crap that you would not do in your town ... you know, a typical vacation. There are many activities and concerts, but for us the professional bike race and the fireworks festival are the most interesting, so we have included a few pictures below. Hope you enjoy them. Clasica de San Sebastian The 2005 edition was held on Saturday, August 13 and was a grueling 227 km race through the countryside around San Sebastian. This year the race was won by a spaniard, Constantino Zaballa in a "mere" 5 hours and 24 minutes. If you have never spent 5 hours on a bike, you should try it, but make sure that you have completed your family plans. #2 was Joaquin Rodriguez also of Spain, ahead of 2 Italians (as usual). Happy to report that the leader in the world cycling championship is still an Italian (for those of you who care). No, Lance was not here (he did win this race in 1995 though) ... but "Big George" was.      Fireworks Competition Every night at 22:45 the skies over San Sebastian lit up with fireworks. The fire works are launched from near the beach on the boardwalk that you have seen in other pictures on this site. They are pretty spectacular, and could rival just about any other show on earth. Each night there is a different company from around the world and they all try to outdo each other. Cool thing is we can actually see them from our balcony and we shot a few pictures one night.
Well, we have also ventured downtown and checked out the fireworks from the beach. Below are a few shots from closer up, unfortunately it is so crowded it is very hard to get decent shots and there is always something in the way (like a lamp-post). Anyway, the fireworks are pretty spectacular, hope you also enjoy these shots.
Toros de Fuego Oh yeah, one more thing. After the fireworks they run the "Toros de Fuego" for the kids. It's kinda organized mayhem as 4 or 5 men run around with bulls made of paper and wood with sparklers. Needless to say this would never pass your local fair's safety committee :)  | ||||||||||||||||||||
