Thank God it'is Friday!

I do need a rest! The work and the heat is killing me, summer is definitely here and although I work in very comfortable offices, my car is usually parked under the sun and it feels like a sauna this time of year
Although it looks like there's a big party this weekend as it's la fiesta de San Juan, one of the biggest in the country. Basically, it's about celebrating the summer solstice although they have a catholic explanation for the fiesta, as usual, and we're expecting big and very noisy fireworks, bonfires and, of course, a special cake. We're even invited to a paella party on Saturday's evening at the rugby's club with all the kids. The club hired a special paellero, one of those guys specialised in preparing those huge paellas like the one in the picture.
A paella is a traditional Spanish dish, basically rice with seafood and sometime chicken and saffron (thus the golden colour). Really delicious.
A full meal here is a serious affair with at least three separate courses. So the club told the parents to bring some food and drinks to be shared as a buffet and they provide the main course, a mighty paella, and all the cutlery, tables, and so forth. They also asked everybody to bring in their fireworks so we'll have a good San Juan.
I still remember the spark inside my sandal from the the local dragon and my ear ringing from the trabucaires a couple of weekends ago, so this time I'll make sure I'm as far away from the kids as I can possibly be.
Of course, there's no way of stopping my son. Two days ago he came from school and told me that as he was walking home he saw a bunch of (slightly older) kids making a hell of a noise in the local square, he just stop to stare and they kindly invited him to give it a go and through some himself! He was very pleased as how friendly Spanish children are and how noisy the bombs were. There and then I started to miss the health and safety regulations from over-cautious England. Well... almost.
So, we're going today to buy some fireworks and bombs in a nearby shop. they just left their catalogues in our mailbox and it looks fantastic. I'm sure that some of this stuff is totally illegal back in England!!

During the whole week we've been hearing bangs and booms all over the place, as people cannot wait until tomorrow to use their stuff. Judging by the very long queues today in one shop near our house that sells all sort of this things... we expect something really big, very loud and maybe even some colour too.
I'll try to take pictures and post it here tomorrow.