Barracas

One of the "barracas" (huts) areas: in the Chinese garden. Throughout the city, during the week of the Spring Festival, you can found barracas, where you can taste the traditional Murcian food. Until recently, they used to make this areas following the tradition of including a hut: hut of mud and whitewashed. This was the traditional home of orchard areas in the southeast of Spain.

Bando De La Huerta 2011.Different Ways To Enjoy It. 2

Another way to enjoy the Bando de la Huerta. In a garden, with family, friends, barbecue, fire, meat or paella, and drinks.

Murcia Spring

Parade: Murcia Spring

Bando De La Huerta 2011.Different Ways To Enjoy It.

There are many ways to enjoy the day of the Bando de la Huerta. One is the image. Get a trailer, decorate it, add music, fill it with friends, food and alcohol, and out into the street.

Bando De La Huerta 2011. Children`s Parade.

Yesterday dawned raining and didn't stop during the morning, but, in the afternoon, it came a radiant sun that allowed to leave the children's parade before the Bando de la Huerta. The children took to the streets with costumes customs of the huerta (orchard) of Murcia.

Easter Sunday 2011

Photo of the final procession of Holy Week: the Procession of the Resurrection (here, last year).
Easter in Spain, has been soaked by rain, and many of the most famous processions could not leave. Fortunately, in Murcia, we had better weather, and most of the processions could go out. So, both locals and tourists, we were able to enjoy Easter.
And now, today, beginning the Spring Festival, a week of eating, drinking, enjoying the street, light, colours: Bando de la Huerta, Spring Parade, Murcian Meat Pie Day, Burial of the Sardine. Hopefully the weather will be kind to us.

Nazarene

Nazarene on Good Friday.

Good Friday 2011

We are at Easter Week, and I had not had the opportunity to show Murcian Easter 2011 yet.

Like other years, I have taken photos of the Holy Friday procession in the morning: the procession of the Salzillos. In the picture, "la oración en el huerto" ("agony in the Garden"), 1754, made ​​by Francisco Salzillo.

And The Champion Was...

At the end of 2011 Cup champion was Real Madrid. In this bad photo shows Cristiano Ronaldo at the moment in which he will head a ball centered by Di Maria, who would be the only goal of the game. A party that had to go to extra time after both sides dominated each by a team.

Chocolate And Football: What Else?

On the 10th of April, was plenty of activities, including the III show chocolate and Murcian Mona de Pascua (as an Easter sponge).
With this picture, I like to say that today will play the 2011 Copa de Rey Final, between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. I wish luck to both teams, although I prefer to win ...

Sicarm 2011

Another photo of April 10. That day it closed the SICARM2011 , an opportunity to see new technologies and test them. New technologies of information society.
There also was an international contest of digital animation.

Day For Hope 2011

I keep very busy, so I find it very difficult to post photos every day.
The picture today, I took the April 10, in which Intermon-Oxfam, held "A day for hope"

Making Baskets.

Making wicker (rattan) baskets.

The Venus Of Campillo.

This sculpture entitled "Venus in bicycle" is the work of Murcian artist Antonio Campillo Párraga (who died in May 2009, at 82 years of age). This sculpture was awarded the National Sculpture Prize in 1969. It is located next to the Almudí Palace since June 2009.

Chimney And Rainbow.

Rainbow over the commercial center of "El Tiro".

April 2011 Theme Day: Edges.

There are months when the theme day chosen is a bit abstract. As this month: Edges.
So after thinking for a while, I took a picture of the edge of this building, or, the edges of this building, there are many.

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