They had been waiting for me. Just as I entered the central plaza of Avila, after my bus ride from Salamanca, the band struck up, and the procession headed off for the Catedral. The congregation was large, with numerous children in their best, every young girl in a long white dress. The boys in a variety of costumes.
During the lengthy church service, the music was broadcast across the city, exceptional quality.
Afterwards whilst having lunch, an enhanced procession began nearby and again headed for the Catedral with another ceremony but this time outside.
Avila has walls, that is what it is now famous for.
In their shadow about 7:30, in a large plaza outside the old city, a group of about 200 from young girls all the up to much older women, a wide diversity, began their public dance exercise routine. It is a way to get the whole town out on a Sunday evening. I sat and enjoyed 2 glasses of Rioja and 2 pinchos.
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