Sierra Baja

Have you ever played a game of Capture the Flag over an entire town?
Well, I have. In Sierra Baja, España.

Three years ago, I joined a group of folks on a trip to Spain. During the last week of our visit we ran 
kids camp in this little village, and when I say this place was small, I overstate. It covered maybe 10 
square acres. We thought it'd be fun to play Capture the Flag to bond with the kids so we asked the 
local teenagers where they usually played... the answer, "Everywhere!" These acres became our playing 
field. Every alley, every twisty sidewalk was game. Oh, I forgot a detail! Only a handful of people
 actually live there. Most of the inhabitants were amiable elderly farmers or wrinkly grandmothers.

Needless to say, I remember that day fondly. 

2 comments:

  1. I remember Julia's crazy hop-on-someone's car move in order to capture the flag....crazy fun.

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  2. Yes. I remember this day fondly too. As I recall I captured the flag twice in a row! (I only like winning just a LITTLE bit) And each capture as "action film" like as the other. Ha. Or -- at least it felt like a movie from my perspective. ;)

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