Christmas Day, we awoke at 8.30 to the sound of the wind blowing against the window shutters. The weather for the day had been forecast at strong winds with a temperature of 10 C. We had our breakfast and decided on a sea front walk from Cabo Roig along to La Zenia, to witness the Christmas day festivities on La Zenia beach, whilst the Turkey was slowly cooking on a low light.

la zenia beach, before the party

The wind was much stronger than we had originally anticipated and as we followed the winding path along the seafront, at times we found ourselves taking one pace forward and two paces back but undaunted we pressed on and one or two other people had the same idea as ourselves, with the odd Buenos Dias and Guten Morgen, the day was once again starting to have a very cosmopolitan feel to it. We were hoping that the strong winds and low temperatures would not deter the annual  Christmas Day Santa´s on the beach day at La Zenia. The closer we got to La Zenia, the more people we saw dorning the customary Santa hat, dog walkers and strollers alike. We arrived at La Zenia beach around about 10.45 and found one or two groups of people dressed in full Santa Claus regalia, assembling barbacue´s and their ranks were swelling by the minute.

picking up momentum

By 11.15 the beach was in full party mode, with a Brass Band playing Christmas carols and anyone who wanted to sing was joining in. The  wine and beer were flowing well and the smell of barbacue filled the air. According to local knowledge, this idea was started by the brits and has been adopted by our European neighbours and this brings all nationality´s together on  Christmas Day. At the risk of wishing our lives away, roll on Christmas 2011, La Zenia beach here we come, with the three b´s - beer, beef and barby…  Adios, Goodbye und Aufwiedersehen.

party in full swing