Feste de Santa Eulália and Llum Barcelona 2015

Last weekend we ventured downtown to see the light displays as part of the Feste de Santa Eulália and Llum BCN. The Festival of Saint Eulalia honors one of the patron saints of Barcelona who was just a young girl when she was martyred by the Romans. The festival is geared towards children even though the story of Saint Eulalia is pretty gory and I would never tell it to my children.

We had never been to Barcelona during the Feste de Santa Eulália before, so this was a new experience. We headed over to La Catedral and we just happened to arrive during a huge Ball de Diables. There was loud music, correfoc, fireworks and dancing everywhere but without the crowds that you normally find during festivals in the summer. After dancing with the diables we walked around to see the light displays set up for Llum BCN.

It's nice to walk around Barcelona's old neighbourhood and be surprised by the cool light installations set up by design students from Barcelona. Many of the installations are also interactive and some are even performances. We were also surprised to run right into the devils again with correfoc and drummers on a narrow street. I don't think that we have ever been so close to the correfoc before. It felt like we were too close. The kids hid behind a trailer so not to get showered with sparks. I could feel the sparks landing on my head. It was a little hot, but it doesn't hurt and fortunately my hair didn't catch fire. All in all we were really impressed with the festivities and light displays. Llum BCN is now one of my favourite festivals. Goes to show you that there is always something cool going on in Barcelona no matter what time of year.