I don't remember that I have ever had that long break from posting... Like eight days? And before that one another week without publishing a single post? Maybe there was a time I was slow in posting, but I will not go back to search for what happened in the past.
I know what happened now.
As you may know (or not) I was not at "home" for some time. Arrived back just a few days ago, and what challenging days were those before we started our travel back to Spain! Husband got very sick, with fever, headaches, nausea and not moving from the bed for a week. I had my own things, that are still under treatment but I am going to better. The travel had to be delayed. My job was waiting, too many gigs were already cancelled and it was the time I could not allow myself any new cancellations. So we did it, we gathered all our forces and took the steering wheel. We hit the road. Three days and the Spanish heat also hit us when we arrived.
The extremely hot weather made a perfect background for many forest fires. While we were coming home, from the highway we saw areas with smoke. It was a bit sad to know the forest fires are still not calming down. The same fire is still on, and it affected also the mountains that I can see from our home. Yesterday evening we were watching the smoke coming from the mountains that are situated in the north.
While we were watching that smoke (yesterday evening), my husband was joking with me: You are going tomorrow there? To the fire?
Well, yes! I had to go today to the village Guadalest which is located in the mountains, more precisely on the top of a rocky formation. And, once again, I had to take my stage piano with me, as it happened in this post too. The village had some celebrations and I played with two singers at a ceremony.
The whole village was decorated with these colourful tiny flags. Maybe they have a special name that I am not aware of? Let's leave it as decoration, that makes the streets of Guadalest more cheerful :))
Why the village also can be happy at the moment is the fact the fire is still on the other side of the mountains. If it comes closer, the people would have to be evacuated, as it happens in the other settlements that are close to the fire-affected areas. At the moment, this super-packed with tourist village is safe, but... Who knows how the wind will behave, as the heat, dry weather and strong wind are not helping in this situation.
Back to the topic of why I came today to this place and my gig.
The ceremony I played at started at 12:30. The two singer colleagues and I arrived a bit earlier, unpacked the piano and had a short rehearsal to try the acoustic and practice once again. Still, I got half an hour before the thing started so a short walk was a perfect addition to the visit.
In those 30 minutes, you can walk through the village even twice, and take refreshment or a coffee if you want! Just a few streets, a lot of people, shops, museums and a square from where the lake can be seen. All can easily fit in that time.
The view of the lake is probably already known to those who sometimes open my posts.
Well, posts, when I used to write them.
Thanks to a gentle reminder I received in a form of a question about why I am slow in posting lately, this one comes today. A place I visited today because of the gig I had, but also it was an opportunity to take a short walk under those colourful flags. The realization that today is Wednesday made me chase away all the excuses why I would not publish it today.
