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Weekend: Spirit of Montjuïc and Villaviciosa Market

This weekend there will be two events that we would like to highlight, for having personally enjoyed them, from the list of activities on our calendar. On the one hand, we are talking about the fifth edition of the Espíritu de Montjuïc festival, which will be held at the Circuit de Catalunya and which will take advantage of the passage through our country of European Formula 1 competitions and historic sports cars. Anyone who has not yet seen the premier class racing cars in action should not miss it, it is quite an experience.

Around the races, Jesús Pozo's team organizes a festival vintage in which period elements of all kinds are not lacking: concentration of classics, an elegance contest, a small fair, thematic exhibitions, music and dance, games for the little ones ... all of it impregnated of the unmistakable automobile aroma. The best are without a doubt the races and being able to peek in the pits.

Last year we went Spirit of Montjuïc and the truth is that we had no bad time. We expected more, because we went with the idea - perhaps crazy - of finding a kind of Catalan Goodwood; in any case it is one such event, along with Jarama Vintage Festival y Classics & Legends, with the greatest tradition in our country and that this year will try to break a Guinness record in which there will be more than 70 F1's involved. We leave you the video chronicle that we published a year ago now and link to the official website in which it is possible to consult the program in detail and buy the tickets electronically.

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Celebration in Villaviciosa

On the other hand, we would like to tell you about the Villaviciosa de Odón flea market-exhibition, one of the periodic concentrations of ten in the national geography that this Sunday will celebrate its tenth anniversary. Inaugurated by Mariano Balmaseda, it is organized every third Sunday of the month by the city council of this Madrid town and actively promoted by our sponsor Sergio Romagosa. We attend regularly and we can tell you that on the esplanade where it is celebrated it is not uncommon to find at least 100 vintage vehicles from all eras and genres.

This year changes are coming in the now classic Villaviciosa meeting: Thus, the consistory has finally made the organization of the event fully its own - with all the responsibilities that this implies - and is even considering paving the surface of "El Vaíllo" and publishing an official website to have a much more direct and rich contact with the fans. In addition, this Sunday the anniversary will be celebrated in style with a parade through the streets of the town accompanied by a snack.

We cannot but applaud these initiatives and especially the public support, in addition to encouraging readers of the downtown area to come there. You can watch, you can chat, you can sell (if the license is requested a month in advance), almost everything is possible in a free meeting that, after ten years, seems to have already been shot. We leave you is the following video so that if you still do not know it, take a good look at it.

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Written by javier romagosa

My name is Javier Romagosa. My father has always been passionate about historic vehicles and I have inherited his hobby, while growing up among classic cars and motorcycles. I have studied journalism and continue to do so as I want to become a university professor and change the world ... Read more

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