It’s Party Time in Torredembarra

 The weekend of June 22nd to June 24th, 2018. 

It’s Friday, June 22nd, 2018 the beginning of a long weekend of festivities throughout Spain.  The weather promises to be wonderful for the “Big Party” to celebrate the Feast of Saint John.  

On the eve of  Saint John Day (Saturday, June 23rd, 2018 many celebrations are held throughout Spain). 

In Torredembarra, the feast of Saint John is also known as the festival of Sea Bass. 

During the weekend of Saint John, there are bonfires, dances, festivals, singing and plenty of fun and partying.

Lots of activity happening on the beach, promenade and in the squares in preparation for the festivities. 

On our morning walk we watched as many places were being decked out in colourful flags and ribbons ...

We’re not sure what’s actually happening at each location but I’m sure it will all become clear soon. 

Regatta finals were held on our beach, so we had front row seats from the balcony. There were so many people. 

It’s like Señor always says about watching the Formula 1 whenever I suggest he go to the actual event/ location to watch the race ... “you can see so much more from the comfort of your home on the television rather than sitting in the stands and only seeing what’s flashing by at that specific spot”.

 

From the balcony we could see it all in living colour just like watching it on a wide screen tv. 

After the races were over there was lots of comadarie, food and wine for the participants and guests.

The festivities continued all weekend with dancing in the streets, parades, bon fires and fireworks.

  

     

This structure was built on the beach earlier in the week ... pallets on pallets piled high and then fenced in! 

Here it is lighting up the sky ...and then the firework spectacle also provided light and colour for the sky every night. 

Where did all these people come from? 

This is overlooking “La Sirga” ... we were so happy that we chose to have our dinner date on Thursday night before all the festivities started.

  









The square on Monday morning ... soon it will all be cleaned up.

It was a busy weekend, maybe a little noisy ... the revellers partied until the wee hours of the morning. 

Early Monday morning view of beach groomed and cleaned, ready for everyone’s enjoyment this week.

Today we are heading to Tarragona for a different view. 

Come back soon for some more posts ... 

La Sirga Dinner Date with Señor Honey

21st June 2018 

After a little siesta and getting glammed up a bit we were ready for our night out. We didn’t have far to go. As you can see “La Sirga Restaurant” is located on the ground floor of our apartment building. There is no indoor seating, the dining area is in a framed structure in front of the building. There is a bar area and of course the Gelato Bar. 

The high top bar tables and stools is great place for an apero. A perfect perch for people watching.

     

And just maybe we stopped here a couple of evenings for a little gelato! 

My Señor Honey looked pretty dapper tonight. 

Our server, Carlos was on top of his game tonight. His recommendations were artistically presented and delicious.

Most delicious mussels ...

The freshest salad plate ... served on thin slices of pineapple! 

The recommended “Paella” for two ...


Carlos preparing our plates ...

Paella 

Dessert ...

We had an enjoyable evening with the most scrumptious food & wine, great service.

Just Another Day at the Beach

Thursday, June 21st, 2018 ... today we woke to views of the beautiful, bluer than blue sky.

It didn’t take long for the town workers to be busy. 

There seems to be a beehive of activity with lots of preparation for the “Festa Major de Sant Joan” which is happening on our beach for three days this weekend Friday to Sunday.

I’ll be writing and sharing more about that in another post. 

After a slow start to the day, we headed out for more exploring along the promenade. 
It was all about olives today.  Look at the size of this trunk. This tree is ancient. 

Here’s Señor Honey standing next to the trunk to give it some perspective.

He measures 5ft. 6 inches tall.

As we continued our stroll we discovered this display at a roundabout. 

This olive press was gifted to the village by the Torrens Family. 

It was another hot day, time to find a cool drink ... a table at a café with views of the beach below. 

                                                                

We sauntered back towards our apartment; admiring the gigantic flowers and rich colours of the various tropical blooms. 

  

                             

     

It was time for a light lunch ... some tapas at L’Ham which means hook (one of the many sea side restaurants/cafés on the promenade) while we watched all the activity on the beach. 

A little calamari ...  yummy! 

After chatting with our server, we decided it might be wise to have dinner at La Sirga tonight rather than on the weekend during the “Festa” which translates to “ Big Party”. 

Table for two reserved for 8PM, lots of time for a siesta. 

You’ll have to come back to read about our dinner date.