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August

As every summer I spent all the august in Albacete, specifically in Chinchilla and in Carcelen. The 3rd of august my sister and I took a train from Barcelona to Albacete, where my cousins were waiting for us. We were so excited, every year we spend there is amazing and perfect, so we feel a lot like going there. There are 7 hours between Barcelona and Albacete so it was a boredom and a little bit stressful too. When we got there we inmediatly took the car and went to Chinchilla, my cousin's village. Chinchilla was in fair so it was going to be a good time. When we arrived at their home we took a nap, we were so tired because of the train trip. At 6 o'clock more or less, we went to a tent where there was music. We were there until the sun went down. We had dinner and we went to the bus stop to wait for some friends, when they were with us, we went to the party. We had a great time.
The days after, we did almost the same, we went the tents in the afternoon and we went out at night. The last night was the best night, we had a really amazing time with all my cousin's friends, and it was a really good end of fairs.
The 8th of august we went to Carcelen, there I saw all my friends, cousins and family. I always feel very well when I am there, people is very different from here.I had a week to rest from everything, during this week I went out with my friends, we went to the pool, etc. The fair started the 19th, every year the fair starts with a serenade to pick up the queen and his ladys (in my village every year, when girls are 18 they become the queen and the ladys of the fair). So that night we pick up the court of honor and after that we went to the party. The 20th there aren't events to celebrate, but we went out at night. The 21th was the presentation of the honor court, at 7 p. m. everybody was in the castle of the village to wait for the ladys and their companions. It is always a beautiful event. After that we went to have dinner at my cousin's house because it was her birthday, later we went to the party. We spent all the 22th preparing our costumes and our float to the 23th parade. This year we dress up as a "sevillanas". The 23th was the parade day, the day when the fair actually starts, the days before the 23th are the prefair days. On the 23th we finished some details of the float, we prepare some foods and drinks and we went at 4 p. m. next to the church to start the parade. We had a great time, it was very fun, as every year. We went home to prepare ourselves for that night. Every year at 23th night there is a torch race in the mountain, all the runners have to climb the mountain, and go down to the middle of the mountain with torches where the race starts. It is a beautiful view and one day I'll do it. Every 24th at 8 a. m. comes to the village a band to wake up all the people, so after the race, we went to the party and we ended with the band, it was so cool. The 24th we did a contest of potatoes with eggs and it was all very tasty, although I was very tired. The 25th we participate on another contest but this day it was of paella, I think we did it pretty well. The 26th there was a medieval fair and we spent the day there. The 27th was the end of the fair, this day I was so sad but at the same time I was happy for the great time I had. Every year to end the fair, there is a traditional "somarro" which is when people light a fire and put potatoes in it to roast it, also people get wet in the fountain.

I always enjoy going to Carcelen, I love being with my friends and my family there.