Thursday, October 14, 2010

To the Zaragoza fayre...

It's 8:30 and we set off on the coach with a group of pensionistas from our village to Zaragoza picking up other groups as we pass through a couple of neighbouring villages.

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This current feria, or fayre, is the 70th general fayre and runs from the 9th - 17th of October. Wednesday, the day we were there, was a special day for the more senior visitors with some special events and entertainment designed for them.


The buildings themselves are enormous with 9 pavilions as well as a main auditorium.


Events were also taking place outside such as this display by the parachute team.


Inside two pavilions were displays by local garages of new and second hand cars.


The food hall was packed with people and local produce of every description was on display...


...resulting in displays of some very colourful sweets,...


...bottles of herb liqueur,...


...baskets with the raw ingredients,...


...tea flavours to cure all ills,...


...more nuts and seeds than your average vegetarian would ever require,...


...and for the non-vegetarian, samples of fuet, and other various sausages.


After a hearty, meaty lunch with wine and cava, it was back to the main hall for some rousing jotas.


No one was going to drop off to sleep when this group were singing!


Further entertainment came in the form of magic acts,...


...traditional singing,...


...and dancing.


In another pavilion the army were putting their dogs through their paces...


...and demonstrating what our dog would do if we didn't feed her!
Another great day out!

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