Day 5 of 5
(Finally!)
The day starts with a mass at noon for the village’s patron saint, San Ramón Nonato.
Following the mass, the statue of San Ramón is taken on a procession around the village.
I guess it’s to let him see what has taken place over the last year, because it’s been a year since they have let him out of the church.
The procession winds it’s way through many of the streets of the village.
Eventually finds it’s way past our house (the balcony on the left), then turns the corner and goes back inside the church.
Following the procession, the people all go home and change clothes.
They change into something more comfortable and reassemble in the Plaza Mayor around 2:pm where the paella is cooking.
The paella cooking in a pan that serves 500 people. There will be less than 500 people today because most of the vacationers have left to return to their respective cities where their children will start preparing to go to school in the next week or so.
(So, hopefully, there will be some left-overs!)
The paella is the same as last year – rabbit, chicken, and shrimp and saffron rice.
The people are served the paella in paper plates (actually they are plastic).
They gave out “healthy” servings, but some people still go back for seconds.
The people are queuing up to get their plate of paella.
This group of photos are the people that were sitting at our table. They are the people from our peña.
Here is the new addition to our peña. His name is Pedro, or “Pedrito” (Little Pedro). He is the new baby boy of Juan Carlos and Inma.
Although there was a lot of noise, people talking (and Spanish people don’t talk quietly!), laughing and even some singing, Pedrito slept through the whole thing!
Maribel and Rosi. Maribel lives in
Rosi and her husband Pablo.
Annie and George.
They are from
Radu and Helena (They are from Romania
Maria Rosa, Joaquin and their grandchildren
Rosa Mari and her husband Joaquin.
Little Carlos, the son of Miguel and Ana.
Ana is still in the village, but Miguel had to return to his job.
Little Carlos.
The parents of Pedrito, Juan Carlos and Inma. They live in Alcañiz.
Juan Carlos and Inma.
None other than Jordi and Floyd.
This is about half of the people as they were finishing their meal.
The black netting is a sun screen to provide some shade in the Plaza Mayor so we don’t “bake” in the sun while eating. It really works well.
This shot shows most of the people at our table. We have finished eating and are too full to move!!
This is the Teen Peña where Héctor belonged.
These were the teenagers he hung out with during the Fiesta. Héctor is the one in the red shirt on the left side of the photo.
The band started playing at 9:pm and played for a couple of hours. Took a break and started again at 1:am and play for another couple of hours.
Needless to say, I will not be there very long. We didn’t get to bed until 1:am in the morning and today (Thursday) was Jordi’s first day back at work. Which means we got up at 6:30am – short night!!
This will bring this Fiesta of San Ramón to a close. We will have a “dry spell” for about 4 months before we have another Fiesta – the Fiesta of San Anton around the 21 of January.
Oh, there will also be a Christmas party, a New Years Eve party and the 3-Kings celebration, but those are parties, not Fiestas.
I hope you have enjoyed the photos.
