and it's only thursday . . .

The revelers have started arriving. Here's what it looked like this morning at 9 AM, off the front balcony.

This area was totally vacant last night. These folks arrived during the night or very early this morning.

Here's what it looked like at 3 PM this afternoon.

Some of these cars will leave this evening. But others will come tomorrow to take their places. There will be more campers tomorrow, too, on that bare patch of earth and huddled along the wall across the street. There will be no parking anywhere in town for the next 3 days. There is a serious police presence, too, including dogs. Many more uniforms than last year. I don't know what they expect to happen but whatever it is let's hope all this heavy armour and army personnel keeps it to a minimum. I woke up at 4:30 this morning and looked out the window. A line of police trucks, lights flashing, was patrolling the surrounding streets. I'm not sure whether to be relieved or afraid!

It is now 5:30 and the disco is getting warmed up for this evening's entertainment. A quick dinner and I'm off to the quiet of the colonia. It will all be here when I get back in the morning. And many, many more party-makers, I am sure.