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Saturday, July 07, 2007

Una píchur 


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Llevo más de año y medio viviendo en la región de España conocida como "El Levante", y nunca había ido a ver cómo se levantaba el sol por encima del mar en las mañanas. La noche del 23 de junio fui con amigos a celebrar la "noche de San Juan" a la playa de la Malvarrosa; encendimos la fogata (es la única noche del año en que se permiten), nos hicimos nuestras hamburguesas, nos tomamos nuestras cervezas, y en la madrugada nos metimos al mar. La tradición dicta que hay que pedir, ehm, 7 deseos, creo, saltar por encima de una de las fogatas, luego meterse corriendo al mar y brincar una cantidad equivalente de olas; yo sólo me metí a nadar un rato. Decidí que era una buena oportuindad para quedarse a ver el amanecer, y esta fue una de las fotos resultantes. A esa hora sólo estaban esas dos personas, pero unas horas antes--si hemos de creer los pronósticos de la Generalitat--habían 200,000.
 
  I've been living over a year and a half in the region of Spain known as "El Levante" (the lifting? the rising? the raising?), and I'd never gone to see how the sun rised over the sea in the morning. The night of June 23rd I went with some friends to celebrate "the night of Saint John" to the beach known as La Malvarrosa; we built our fire (it's the only night they're allowed), we cooked our burgers, had our beers, and in the wee hours, took a dip in the sea. Tradition says you're supposed to ask for 7 wishes, I think, leap over a bonfire, and then run into the ocean and jump over the same number of waves; I only went in for a swim. I thought it was a good opportunity to stay and watch the sun rise, and this was one of the resulting photos. At that time there were only these two persons, but a few hours earlier--if we are to believe the predictions of the local authorities--there were 200,000.
 

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