November 19th, 2008
The Biggest Tomato Fight in the World
Every August, around 30,000 people flock to a sleepy Spanish town. Why? To throw tomatoes of course.
If throwing squashed tomatoes turns you on, I know just the
place for you. Bunyol, near Valencia
hosts its annual ?La Tomatina’ festival, and it has to be the biggest Tomato
fight in the world. The festivities begin early in the week, but the main event
occurs on the last Wednesday of August around 12 O’clock. High noon in a
Valencian village; I can just imagine Gary Cooper walking through the town
square with his tomatoes cocked.