LA TOMATINA!!

I just bought my tix for Spain! Whoo-hoo! Me & my Aussie friend, Ellen will be in this tomato fight on Aug 30th! LA TOMATINA!

Here are some fun facts:

* There is no political or religious significance to La Tomatina, it's just good, messy fun.

* Participants who show up from around the world: 20,000

* Number of tomatoes used: 150,000 ...that's over 90,000 pounds of tomatoes!

* Buckets of water are thrown at the crowds first by the fight instigators in the tomato trucks, as a foreshadowing of the veggie barrage to come.

* After the battle, you can hose off the splatter on the riverbank, where the town slaps together makeshift public showers.

* Every year, the fight is nationally televised by the most prestigious agencies in Spain.