life in Alfaz

It has been several weeks since the last post, in fact we have been back to England for a fortnight, returning in the nick of time, before the snow and ice hit europe –in November!My enthusiasm for writing is wilting because of a jumbling up of the words as I type them –must get the computor man back.

Before we left the fiestas in Alfaz entertained us for 5 days and nights! There were parades, and fireworks, and dancing and eating at all hours.The climax was a candlelit procession, where a huge statue of Christ on the cross is carried by 12 men through the streets, in silence followed by the townsfolk, and back into the church. This statue was given to the town 300 years ago by the bishop of Valencia, sent by boat to Albir, and hauled up the hill to the church. So this event is celebrated every year These street decorations are dismantled, only to be put up again at the beginning of December We like Alfaz, it is a lively town, with its own customs and is also very cosmoplitan, having 54 nationalities living here. Alfaz includes the seaside resort of Albir, which is a 15 minute cycle ride away( – yet to be done!)It is the only place apart from London to have a xmas tree donated by Norway.

 

 

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