April 21 - Happy Easter

After all of the buildup and then the intensity of the week, it is not hard to understand the city's letdown at actually making it to Easter Sunday.  I am sure that the churches were all full this morning though, I did notice that there were crowds outside waiting for "adorations" of some of the more famous pasos.  It was too dark to really get a detailed photo of the paso in the vestibule, but clearly this is an Easter tradition for many families affiliated with these brotherhoods.

For people like me, who are merely spectators, right across the street is a store with a Playmobile display of one of the processions in case you are having withdrawals.

There were still a few other signs of Easter left - a group was setting up for an evening concert in Plaza Nueva... and lots of intricate palm weavings decorate balconies...and I know that some still think of Easter as a season that will go until Pentacost Sunday on June 9... but for the most part, the city has moved on.

With Easter safely in the rear view, people can start to focus on other things... like the bullfighting season that just started today.  There were big crowds outside the bullring waiting to go in when I passed by across the street.  The cameramen on cranes that just yesterday were covering processions are now poised over the ring.

And of course with national elections just one week away (April 28th), there are signs everywhere and the far right party (VOX) had a tent set up just outside of the bull ring.

In less than two weeks, the city will be rocking with the fair.  In contrast to the solemnity of the Holy Week activities, fair is a drinking/eating/dancing all night week long dress-up party.  But first a couple of weeks intermission.