II San Silvestre

Remember last year some friends and I all dressed up as reindeer and pulled Santa in a cardboard sleigh around town for a costume "race" (more of a walk, really)?  Well this year we all dressed up again for the second annual San Silvestre race.  We didn't have time or energy to be very creative with our costumes.  A friend loaned us these that she had from last year's carnival celebration.  If you're familiar with the computer/phone game "Angry Birds" you'll know what we are...  For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about,  I'll explain a little.

In the game there are green pigs who have eaten the birds' eggs (thus ANGRY birds).  The player launches vengeful birds, kamikaze style at the pigs' hideouts trying to destroy as many as possible.  Sounds lame?  Not so.  It's quite addictive.  This summer I had fun playing on my dad's kindle, and spent a good hour or so with my sisters playing on Lucy's phone, too.  That was my first introduction to "Angry Birds".

You can imagine all the fun we had during the race, chasing each other and throwing ourselves at each other!  We won second prize: an Iberian chorizo and Iberian salami.  Yum!  We'll be having a get-together post holidays to enjoy the winnings.

Here are some pictures:

I was getting into character...

The rest of the group :)

Two smug pigs. ;)

Ready for the race!