Rosi and Pablo's 25th!

Rosi and Pablo are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary today along with 70 of their friends plus children. To make the day "interesting" they have to meet a series of challenges and then finally their "prize" will be unveiled if they succeed.

Follow the links to the videos on YouTube given below. The first is a series of photos of Rosi and Pablo taken over several years. Click HERE to see it.

To see the big photos, click left on their images.

At 13.00, after the mass in the ermita for the fiesta of San Juan, and Rosi returns to their house, they find the first of many envelopes which tells them they have to come to the ermita in regional costume for a staged blessing.


See the "highlights" on YouTube by clicking HERE.


Next up was one of the most important parts of the day - lunch - with nibbles to start, (prawns, snails, crisps, nuts), then a giant paella followed by BBQ lamb chops and finally melon. To see all of that, click HERE.

Lunch was followed by the cutting of the cake using the ceremonial sword...


...and a rousing rendition of the village jota! To see and hear it in every detail, click HERE. Then everyone had a piece of cake.


While the meal was going on, Margaret went around the guests taking photos - to see them, click HERE.


The next challenge was a bike ride for Rosi and Pablo. It was essential for them to be able to ride a bike as their final prize involves cycling. Click HERE to see them rise to the challenge.


Although the next challenge had nothing to do with their prize destination or activity, it was still good fun - dancing the waka-waka! To see and hear the village jota sung properly, Rosi and Pablo dancing the waka-waka and fun with a vuvuzale, click HERE.

As it was also the fiesta of San Juan, that meant there was a group playing and everyone dancing on the street in front of our house. To see the last few moments of the dancing, click HERE.


All of that exercise works up quite an appetite so when the dancing finished, it's back to Rosi and Pablo's for supper - hams, carved by Pablo, with Rosi's excellent rabbit dish, pizza and bread with tomato. Then it's time for the opening of the special presents. Click HERE to see what they are.


At last the time comes for the prize to be revealed and here we see how 2 ordinary but very special people, (who started the day quite sensibly but have given their all to providing spendid meals for their 70+ guests, encountered challenges that they knew nothing about, danced with all their energy for the entire evening, received presents which they may have believed were their main reward), react when they are overcome by the reality of the outcome. To see it all, click HERE. (It's one of Floyd's PowerPoint presentations!)

We can't wait for their 50th wedding anniversary!