The purpose of travel is to expand your horizons. Whether you travel to the museum in your hometown or whether you wake up dry beneath the African sky, just you and your Swiss Army knife, you’re stepping outside of your normal life and learning a little more. Maybe you learn about a new culture, a new political perspective, a new life philosophy, or maybe you just learn something new about food in a new country.
Category: Spain
Los Chinos in Buñol, Spain
The day that we got to Buñol, Spain for La Tomatina, the forecast called for rain. It held off for a while, but eventually it started to drizzle. Fortunately I had packed an umbrella, but Karen had not, so we went to the nearest grocery store (and the only one in town) to get her one.
Córdoba, Spain
I found myself in Córdoba purely by laziness. I was supposed to go from Valencia to Granada, but it turned out that the trip is at least 8 hours. Rather than spend a full day on the train, I opted to split the trip into two days, stopping in Córdoba for a bit in between. And I’m glad that I did.
La Tomatina
Every year in late August, the small town of Buñol, Spain, home to roughly 9,000 residents, swells to close to 50K people to celebrate the tomato festival, La Tomatina. What started in 1945 as one small kid’s temper tantrum (he fell off of a parade float, got angry, and started throwing tomatoes from a nearby produce stand) has turned into what is considered the biggest annual food fight and the worst ketchup-making process in history.