Fiesta Time!!!!

At the beginning of October, Pilar´s month-long fiesta to celebrate the Virgin of Pilar starts.
Last weekend, beginning with the Friday Bank Holiday for the Valencian Region and ending with Monday´s Columbus Day, was a high point.

It was marvellous weather and all the towns on the Mar Menor were packed out with people from Madrid, Murcia and other inland towns enjoying the hot sunshine and the warm Mediterranean.

For Pilar itself, the Saturday evening´s top attraction was the dressing of the front of the church with flowers brought along by the town´s inhabitants. There were exhibitions of handcrafts done by the Spanish equivalent of the Women´s Institute and then in the evening a fantastic fireworks display. Things go on almost every day but perhaps the next high spot will be the carnival parade of floats next weekend.

The noise level in town is staggering at times and it can be hard to get to sleep when the music sounds as if it´s next door!! Still, it´s great fun and the Spanish really throw themselves into it all. They really do know how to enjoy life. Myself - I´m exhausted and after I´ve finished this, I´m going to bed with a good book. With luck, I´ll fall asleep before it gets noisier at about midnight!!