Hi Everyone,
it's been very exciting today. We went to a town called San Pedro del Pinatar to join in the Procesion de Las Palmas. That's Spanish for a Palm Sunday Parade.
The Procesion de Las Palmas started from Iglesia San Pedro Apostol. That's Spanish as well, for St Peter the Apostle Church. It didn't start till 11.15am but Mrs.C wanted to get there early, before the crowds. Can you see the time on the church clock?
Can you see the man in the picture carrying a big palm leaf? Lots of people brought palms to wave in the procesion. When they opened the church, they were giving palms to the people who didn't have any.
Mrs.C took us to get one, but they were too big for Charlie and me, so the nice people let us have some olive branches instead. Did you know that olive branches are a sign of peace? Well, that's what Mr.P told me and knows about stuff like that.
While we were waiting, 2 ladies came with a cart full of sweets, toys, drums and balloons. The balloons looked brilliant. Can you see a bit of the Spanish flag flying from the shiny flag pole?
When we were waiting for the man to come out of the church, we heard loud music. When we looked around, there was a marching band coming up the street.
They had trumpets and drums and sounded fanteddytastic.
When the band stopped, the man came out of the church and said lots of Spanish words. It was hard to see him through all the people and all the palms.
When he finished talking in Spanish, he went for a walk with the band and we all followed him, waving our palms and olive branches.
There were hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people! Honest, cos Charlie counted them and she said it was eight hundred and that's loads.
Mr.P said that there will be more parades this week cos it's Easter. I hope we go to another one cos we had loads of fun today.
When we were waiting for the man to come out of the church, we heard loud music. When we looked around, there was a marching band coming up the street.
They had trumpets and drums and sounded fanteddytastic.
When the band stopped, the man came out of the church and said lots of Spanish words. It was hard to see him through all the people and all the palms.
We walked all the way to another church called Iglesia de la Santisama Trinidad. It looked a lot newer than the other church and had a tall tower with a blue top and a gold roof.
When we got to the church guess who was following the parade?
It was the ladies with the cart full of goodies and balloons!
Mr.P said that there will be more parades this week cos it's Easter. I hope we go to another one cos we had loads of fun today.Back soon,
Tiddy x
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