A Brief History of Spain. Very Brief.

I didn't really do much this weekend and so I don't have any stories to share. However, I did learn the history of La Tomatina. La Tomatina is the giant tomato food fight that they have every year in Bunol, Valencia. Although there are several theories of how it started they are all so simple that I thought I would share the most widely accepted one.

La Tomatina began in 1945 when there was a clash between the young middle-class and the local government. The only thing the middle class had to fight with were vegetables, in particular, tomatoes. Although it is unclear what they were exactly fighting about, it is clear that they had so much fun that they began to do it every year on the last Wednesday in August. It has now grown to a spectacle that attracts over 40,000 people and uses over 100 tons of tomatoes.

And that is your brief Spanish history lesson for the day.
"The more you know" .
:)