Corpus Cristi Barcelona

Have you heard of the celebration of Corpus Cristi? No, neither had I. But it's celebrated in Barcelona. One of our favourite places in Barcelona is the Cafe D'Estiu (Cafe of Summer) in the courtyard outside the Museum of Frederic Mares and it's a must-visit place. It's a lovely little outdoors cafe with parasols to protect you from the sun and serves pots of tea with the biggest tea-bags I've ever seen.

The feast of Corpus Cristi runs between 3-6 June so I was lucky enough to see the odd ceremony of balancing an egg on the jet of water in the small fountain in the courtyard and watch it dance. The ceremony appears to date from the 16th Century and no-one has an exact definition of what it's supposed to mean, except a reference to spring and fertility. It was a big egg in the fountain so I decided it must be from the geese that live in the pond in the grounds to the Cathedral (which is just next door).

The floral decorations around the fountain were delightful and certainly dragged in the tourists to have a gawp (I would've gone in anyway so don't count myself as a tourist). It must've taken an age to get the egg *just right* so it bounced on the jet stream of the fountain.