More pics about the long weekend in Gran Canaria

Carnival means you get a costume and you goof around playing your character. Or you simply get drunk (or tipsy like me, because I'm a bad drinker). One of the newest and more established traditions in Spain is drinking on the street. A 2-liter bottle of soda, a 0.75l bottle of your favourite spirit, ( Read more... )

Honestly, I didn't feel like posting pictures from such a great time after what's going on in the world and the LJ world but then I overheard "Life must go on" by Queen and I decided to show a small bright spot.

Without further ado, plenty of pictures from our Carnival at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

( Feather-intensive section here, surely not safe for conservative workplaces )

That is "Carnival in San Sebastian".

After the big thing on Friday I needed some party and I saw the Carnival here.

In my area, with the exception of Sitges and the gay carnival, this is an old celebration and people don't go out to the streets as it was before. But here they still keep the tradition and half of the city was in costumes. There is ( Read more... )