San Vicente del la Barquera, Spain is a beautiful Atlantic coast town set along the rolling green foot hills of the Picos de Europa. Our hotel is situlated along the edge of the harbor with views looking out to the Castle on the hill across the estuary. Directly below the hotel.... was what looked like a small carnival,"Oh look", I said " we are so lucky we are here for the Fiestas de Ntra. Sra del Carman!"
It is small fiesta, just a few rides for the children and a couple of
stalls. But the highlights are giant grills set up to cook thousands of freshly caught sardines and two stages with live music!
For a small town the line for sardines at 10:30 pm, was impressive.
7€ got you a baguette stuffed to the gills (literally) with grilled
sardines plus a generous supply of the local wine from wooden casts set out for self service.
The music was loud and and varied from folk to Tejano, so cool, so
colorful and did I mention loud? When we got back to the hotel we
asked a few questions and guess what the music lasts until 3 am!!
Back in the room I tried ear plugs and head phones but to no avail
while Billy dosed off like he was listening to lullabies!
Lucky me it is a two night fiesta! I wonder what the Spanish word for
"sleeping pills" is???
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