What is the first shop in Spain to hold the New Year? Spanish New Year's Eve and New Year celebrations

Hello, Bike around the worldTakuya SAITO @ Chalidermanis. The previousCape Roca in PortugalI ran in the southern part of Spain. New Year 's Eve was stopped by the local people had a valuable experience.

To Tarifa where there is a port where ferries to Africa go through via the central city of Andalusia region Seville. And finally Africa's journey begins from Morocco. Although it is in January that Morocco is already in spring.

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Tangier where African journey begins is here.

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I will run westward from Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. I stopped by the city called Evora which is a world heritage site.


Only the white buildings are visible in the sun as it goes down south.


It rained a lot, but I heal it when it comes with a rainbow.


It also ran on December 31st. New Year's Eve, which is on a journey with Kyoto in 2005, Australia in 2006, Thailand in 2007 and Armenia in 2009, runs every year. I thought that this year camp was as usual as usual.

When re-entering Spain and running in a country town, it was stopped from a private house. Although I was going to explain the trip over and explain, I was going to leave as it is, but I will invite him to say "Where are you going to stay tonight? How about if it will rain and stay at home?" But tonight is New Year's Eve, "If it is not an important day? Do not you feel trouble?" And "No problem". It seemed to be fun, so I was indebted to him. It was perfectly happy to take a shower properly on New Year 's Eve at the end of the year.

We will have dinner with their friends in the evening. This meat which said "Pigeon, Pigeon" was a pigeon.


There is a full-fledged fireplace in their house.


Cooking scenery.


This is a fish pasta often seen in Spanish supermarket. How do you think refining fish meat paste into pasta? It was delicious.


It was mixed with the Spanish 's New Year' s party.


Champagne and grape seeds are prepared around the New Year.


The man who is the lord of this house is Mr. Jose and the woman is Mary. Mr. Jose was cheerful and said interesting things "Do not surprise you saying that you are my son if a friend comes." Mary can speak English and interprets Jose. Thank you very much for your help.


On the television everyone is watching, the picture of the passing year of the capital Madrid is shown. One minute and one minute and the New Year approached, the countdown began. We will eat 12 grapes on the table at the same time as counting 12. And the New Year is a toast with champagne. This was the New Year's Day that I experienced in Spain.

Then I moved to the bar of the city to give my acquaintance a New Year's greeting. The bar is crowded with people celebrating the New Year even though it is midnight. It seems to be the bar that opens first in Spain at the beginning of the year. Everyone took a picture.


Starting in 2011 from January 1st New Year's Day. I will enter the Andalusian region.


Lambs are mixed in this season's flock of sheep. The voice of high "Me ~ ~" is cute and can not be helped. Does sheep change voice as well?


Unlike other countries, corners are left on the cows being grazed in Spain. Spain is bullfighted from the perspective of animal welfare, is not this corner friendly to cows?



Spanish milk chocolate is Chocolate Con Lecce. When it is Cafe · Con · Réche, it will be cafe au lait. Con is with and lece is milk. I like this sound.


This street tree around Southern Spain is orange. Just watching does not make a warm atmosphere?






I arrived in Seville, the capital of Andalusia Autonomous province. Here is the Gothic cathedral of the 15th century.






There is also an orange tree in the courtyard of this cathedral.


Looking down from a high place the courtyard is like this shape.


Take the cathedral tower and you can see the city of Seville.





I will aim at the port of Tarifa with a ferry leaving Seville to cross Africa.

It is quite small, but there are horses.


I saw it in the northern part of Spain, but also in the south of Spain there was a huge cattle signboard. If you compare it with a car, you can understand it, but it is really big and I am surprised.



The old man sold food snacks in front of a small supermarket in a rural area. It is edible, is not it.


The city in the south of Spain is built on a hill where there is a flat terrain around it. When I was thinking about the reason, I could solve the mystery of the shasta. The shop closes and the city is quiet at the time of the Spanish afternoon schista. That is to avoid activities in the hottest time the sun rises during the day. In Iran or Morocco, the shop is closed for a certain time in the afternoon. Then, what about other times, what makes it, making a city on the hill makes shadows making use of elevation differences. Even in Iran, I had wondered why I bother to make a city along the mountain although there is such a flat place, but it was because of the shadow. I think about this, how about you?




There is a fast ferry from Tarifa to Tangier in Morocco from the southern tip of Spain.




The ferry left the city of Tarifa.



Loaded bicycle.


And landed in Africa. I will enter Morocco.


Town's town


Well, is this okay?


Michelin can be seen all over the world. It was also here.


After entering Morocco, I am warm and endowed with good weather and continue cycling.




Arabic Coca-Cola


The countryside is like this.


I was sacrificed by the nice young people to photograph and I also took pictures. It was impossible to think of taking a picture of a young lady in Iran. Morocco is also Islam but it is lighter than Iran. Women's scarves do not seem to be absolute here, too.


Finally I got into Africa. The world changed completely from Europe, I was much embarrassed. From just yesterday, I understand that today I will become familiar with tomorrow and day after day. Morocco certainly irritates people in developing countries. However, development is progressing and I also feel a bright prospect. I wish I could send another neighborhood.

(Sentence / picture:Takuya SAITO @ Chaliderman
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