La Tomatina was amazing. It was pretty much everything I expected it would be, just hordes of people and insane tomato carnage. The only thing that really surprised me was that the tomatoes were the little plum kind. The only lame part was that there were so many people that you had to kind of fight to get to the center where they were dumping the tomatoes. At points it seemed like the crush of people could have been dangerous.
I did bring a waterproof one-time use camera with me, but it’s a film camera so I’ll need to get it developed before I can post those photos. In the meantime, I did get one shot of me with my digital camera after I got back to the car. I was actually hosed off several times by neighborhood residents on the walk back, so this picture is cleaned-up from what I looked like right after the tomato fight.
Post-Tomatina
I took a 20 minute shower, and I still smell faintly of stale tomatoes. I’ll try to get photos up in the next few days. In the meantime, the Guardian has some great video of the event. Everyone cheered like crazy when the news helicopters flew overhead. The ground footage in that video is mostly from the aftermath.
Oh man! Sooo fun looking! I can’t wait to see your pictures!!!
Had to wear a good shirt :)
Did you have to wear a good shirt? :)
I remember in some high school Spanish class, we learned about the Tomatina and Festival of San Fermin- and our teacher asked which we would prefer to go to- ironically, I said I’d prefer the Tomatina. Ironically, I have yet to go to that- but I’ve been to San Fermin, of course (Toros and such). So congrats on making it there, I’m glad it was everything you could’ve hoped for- I’m sure when I eventually make it, I can say the same thing…
~Steve