Medieval Festival

It was a lot of fun having Erin here for the last few weeks! The apartment seemed so quiet after she left for the airport at 2:00 yesterday (Friday). I think that she had a good time in Spain and in Paris - I think she'll definitely be back in Europe again soon. Thanks for visiting seester!!

When Juan got home from work we headed over to the old part of the city for a medieval festival and market. It was pretty cool. All of the vendors were dressed in medieval period costumes. There were a ton of booths with very yummy food, chocolates, jewlery, leather goods, teas, spices, herbal remedies, and just about anything else hand-made that you could think of. The streets of the old city were just packed with booths and with people.









Juan and I shared a chorizo stuffed kolache type thing. Yeah, I know the term "kolache" isn't very spanish, but that's the best description I could come up with. We also ate a delicious kebap (see photo below). There were stands serving beer, sidra and wine.



We ate a chocolate crepe for dessert and bought a few empanada type things to bring home to eat over the weekend!

We also watched some people set the Guinness World Record for largest plate of pulpo gallego! The best part was that after they finished preparing the plate, the pulpo was free! So, we helped ourselves to a toothpick full. yummm. Since I don't have a picture, I photoshopped one to give you an idea of how big the plate was. hehe ;)



I didn't take my camera with me - I didn't think the festival was going to be so fun! All of these pictures are from various spots on the web.

August is 'festival month' in La Coruña. There is supposedly something to do every single day during the month. There are a lot of concerts on the beach, tall boat races, festivals like this one, and other festivities! So, keep checkin' the blog for other fun updates!

Juan and I are hanging out in town this weekend. He got some free tickets to an equestrian show from work, so we might go and check that out. I'm not terribly big into horses - but it could be a fun alternative to the beach if the sun doesn't decide to come out today.