La Tomatina

La Tomatina was a highlight and the reason for our visitof Valencia. Every year locals and tourists pack into the thin streets of Bunol, a small town 40 minutes out of Valencia. While we waited to begin big mamma's threw water on the crowd from balconies!

When the cannon goes off several trucks empty their load of squashed tomatoes into the crowd and its the biggest food fight I have ever seen!!! The aim was to keep your thongs on while searching out the cleanest people and smashing them with as much salsa as possible!! Women, children everyone was a target!!

After an hour another cannon went off and everyone magically stopped. The locals appeared with hoses to clean us off and we all met up for sangria and beer. It was a hot day however 43 degrees and the tomato baked on to us making the 40 minute train ride home a bit uncomfortable!