by Debbie Jenkins | Celebrations, evergreen, Fiestas, Murcia Region
Well it’s been a year in the making, but our fiesta patronale is well and truly ready. Collectively the fiesta committee (along with the entire village) have fund raised, bingo’d (I know it’s not a proper word!), made dinner for 100s of people, taken photos, dressed...
by Debbie Jenkins | Activities, evergreen, Murcia Region
The game of caliche is particular to the Murcia / Levante region of Spain, based on a nationally-played game called herrón. If you, as we did, look up caliche in the English-Spanish dictionary (after seeing it in the itinerary for the local fiesta), you might be...
by Debbie Jenkins | Celebrations, evergreen, Murcia Region
Taking Having Fun Seriously! “Eh, hombres, enhorabuenas!” Miguel El Gordo shouted at me and my husband Marcus, over the din of that night’s “entertainment.” The second night of our fiesta was punctuated with the clamour of a heavy rock band. It was two in the morning...
