Sant Joan

So i stayed in Barcelona an extra couple days because I heard of this celebration called Sant Joan. Sorta of a celebration of the start of summer and Saint John the Baptist day.

It was the most unreal thing I´ve ever experienced!!

Let me try to visualize this for you. They only sell fireworks/firecrackers the two weeks leading up to this event. They sell them to everyone!!! from 7yrs olds to 70yr olds. From 10pm on ward the celebrations really began. Over 100,000 people partying and dancing on the beach, live DJ´s and bands all down the beach, fireworks going off literally every second, 5yr old kids throwing mini sticks of dynamite everywhere.....wow! Just unreal! It never stopped until 7am, although the fireworks slowed down to like one every 5 secs by 3am.

I was catching a 13hr train ride from Barcelona to Malaga at 8am the next morning, so i just didn´t go to bed. I partied on the beach straight until 7am, walked to my hostel, packed my bags and headed for the bus station across town.

Never again will i see something like that. I´m glad i stayed!!