Tomato in the eye...

Hola!

Have you ever got tomato in your eye? Not likely....perhaps you got just a little squirt when you chomped into a tomato in your salad. Let me tell you know, that is nothing compared to having a whole, over ripe tomato pegged at ur face and landing in your eyes.

Yes, yesterday I took part in the biggest food fight in the world. Approx 40 000 people (i think) piled into the little town of Bunol just outside Valencia in Spain to throw tomatoes at one another. Its a tradition that´s been going sfor about 60 years, and the fight doesn´t begin until someone climbs the greased up tall pole and retrieves the ham of the top. Once they do the cannon sounds and the trucks pull in and drive by and dump the over ripe tomatoes and its on.

It was SO much fun. It only got a little scary at times whn you thought you were literally going to be squashed from all the people (especially when the trucks drove by) or when the spanish boys started chanting "tomatina" and tried to rip your shirt off (didn´t happen to me luckily).

Not much else to tell, except before valencia checked out almeria and allicante for a couple of days. Both are on the beach and so we had a bit of a break and chilled out by the waves in the sun. Met some lovely random people on the beach and had a little party one night and learnt to use poi´s (think thats how you spell them?) good fun!!!!!

We are in valencia now and checking out the town today. Flamenco dancing tonight and then off to Barcelona tomorrow.

xoxo