Spain

Ole!  

2010 FIFA World Cup championship for men's national association football (soccer) team!

Rooting for Spain team next tournament in 2014, and Barcelona's soccer team being one of my favorite soccer team. Spain has many attractions to see and festivals to attend.

Festivals

La Tomatina

Tomato throwing festival, is held in the Valencia town in Bunol. Starts at 10 a.m. Than someone climbs a greasy pole with a ham on top. The heck? As this happens, the crowd sings and dances while being showered with water from hoses. As soon as the person drops the ham off the pole, the start signal for the tomato fight is given by firing the water shot in the air and the trucks with the tomato's make their entry. 

Rules:

• Tomatoes have to be squished before being thrown to avoid injury
• No other objects except tomato should be thrown
• Give way to truck and lorries
• Ripping off shirt is no allowed
• Second shot heard, no more tomatoes to be thrown

This year it will begin August 28th.

Encierro

Run for your lives!!!

Run of bulls. A dozen of bulls are let loose, on the seven day festival of Sanfermines in honor of San Fermin in Pamplona. Anyone older than 18 may participate. First rocket is set off at 8 a.m. to alert runners that the corral gate is open. Second rocket signals that all six bulls have been released. Third signals that all of the heard has entered the bullring. I would like to participate in the bull run but I pass. I would much rather see them from a balcony. 
The 6th - 14th of July every year.

Las Fallas 

This looks creepy AF! This is a five day event leading to Saint Joseph's day (March 19). Las fallas take place in Valencia, on the Costa Blanca. Each neighborhood traditionally gets together to build giant puppets which are then later set on fire. There is usually a satirical nature to these puppets, though not always. Its accompanied with plenty of street parties throughout the city. Only the crappy ones get burned, the good ones go to the Valencia Fallas museum.

Cathedral in Barcelona

Spain has many more different festivals and many more attraction. These are the few of many that caught my attention to travel.