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Monday Morning Photo - Plaza Grande de Zafra

Zafra was an absolute delight, Plaza Grande, which has two differente areas, walk through an arch - to another ancient plaza, this is the smaller of the two. So photogenic and a good time of day, about 5pm, to fiind them pretty empty, sadly we had to move on so didn´t see the open bar bustle of the evening.   Definitely would have planned to stay over or at least longer had I known just how charming it is, but it was the first stop on a whistlestop Extremadura with a pop into Portugal long weekend roadtrip.  See the Monday Morning Photo list. See more of my photos on Instagram .
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Monday Morning Photo - Christmas Belen a Nativity Scene

Once upon a time the Nativity scene or Belen was the traditional Christmas decoration in Spanish homes. These days more and more Christmas trees are found but they´re not taking over, just an addition.



As with Christmas most Spanish homes have adopted the tree and present giving on Christmas Day as well as their traditional Day of the Kings on January 6th.

Most of my Spanish kids (who I teach English to) have both tree and Belen. Some Belens can be huge taking over an entire room. This is an average one, not too over the top - but add up the figurines and you´re talking quite an outlay. Most people add a piece or two every year.


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