So the whole hogueras thing is, like much else in Spain, another excuse to party. There is a different ritual or festival or celebration every month here in Valencia if not in the rest of Spain as well. You can basically roll town to town as the weeks go by and party the entire year.

There are a lot of ex-soviet women in Spain. Many are blonde. Some of them have names like Tonia and LeAnne. There are also blonde Spanish women. Many of these women have names which I cannot recall at the moment.

My face has recovered to about 85%. I hardly have any “before” shots, but I tried to take some “after” pictures today and this is all I have to show for it.

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