After the glorious New Year weather there was a bit of a blip with high winds and particularly heavy swell. Surfers' joy (apparently 6.5 m every 16 secs!)but ferry-users' Hell! We watched in amazement as the slow Armas had to turn round and come back , and the swish Fred Olsen Cat went pointy end down & submerged into the waves! The prom was full of onlookers discussing in many tongues just how sick one would be on it!
Jan 6th is big here! This is when gifts are given. There are brought by the Three Kings from the East , who arrive the day before. We saw them on the "wally-trolley" during the day, and then arranged our evening so we could watch the procession through town. (This involved careful timing and location at the Chinese!) In the procession were Snow White and dwarfs, Tweety Pie, Brazilian dancers, lorry-load of nursery children, pirates on top of the wally-trolley, fire-eaters, and finally the traditional three camels with the kings and pages. All throw sweets (hard!). The confectionery-related injuries would fail a UK risk assessment requiring helmets and visors to be worn by all spectators!
Later the kings came to the new town square and sat on their thrones to watch children from the primary school of foreign origin give a welcome in their own language. Then all the town's children lined up to hand in their letters of request for gifts. Nicely done and touching... but time for a beer! Kings' Day itself was still and sunny!
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