Every inner child’s biggest dream, a huge food fight. Imagine yourself in the middle of a packed concert surrounded by 50,000 other people. But instead of music, a cannon fires signaling the start. Instead of a band, dump trucks drive through the crowd emptying thousands of pounds of tomatoes. You have one hour and it’s an all-out war. The only rule, you have to squish the tomato first.

La Tomitina, was one of the coolest festivals I could ever imagine. I literally had tomato in every orifice of my body, but it was SO worth it. Near the end of the festival there is a ham tied on the top of a 25 foot greased pole. I joined in on a human pyramid in an attempt to get this ham. Sadly, my pyramid was unsuccessful, crashing to the ground, twice. But, at least I tried! We did see the lucky gentleman that was successful, his name was Jeremy. I hope he enjoyed that ham, because our budget had Marge and I eating that ham for three days.

Below is a video of our experience of Tomatina! (Soon to come)