Or Nit de Foc or Nit de Sant Joan. Yes, another holiday! It is a solstice celebration and a floating holiday. There are so many holidays that municipalities decide which ones to observe (meaning you have to check each year to find out which city has which days off).
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| One tradition is to eat Coca de Sant Joan, which was served at a party we went to. A. didn't care for it so we skipped the cava and coca part of this holiday. |
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| On the evening of 23 June we saw a lot of families with boxes like these, a sampler of several types of firecrackers and fireworks. |
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| We were told that it is mostly for kids, but with parents helping. |
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| Lots of excited kids. |
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| We also saw older kids with bigger fireworks, but these are more expensive. I wonder if the ones we saw were set off by individuals or maybe some hotel or organization paid for them. |
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| What we didn't see were bonfires, which is a usual part of the tradition and are along the beaches of Barcelona. We'll have to come back next year and try again. |
The celebrations went late into the night, but somehow we were able to finally fall asleep.
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