As I sat alone in the small restaurant eating my goat's cheese salad dinner I saw what looked like a crowd forming on the street below. Upon checking, it turned out to be a procession of people - young and old, men and women - holding candles as they slowly wandered past. The waiter told me it was not practise for the Holy Week Easter celebration but some other procession and I sat down again thinking the best had passed. However, shortly after a crowd rushed in to benefit from the higher vantage point the restaurant offered and above their heads I now caught glimpses of a giant Christ effigy, clearly the main event. I'm not sure now whether I misunderstood the waiter and it was something to do with Holy Week, although I thought those celebrations started sometime next week. I guess it will now remain a mystery.
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