I slept in and went for a little walk before lunch. For lunch, Gracia and I went over to Mari-Teri's (Gracia's daughter) block, where they were having a Carnaval celebration! It felt like a Halloween block party. Never have I ever seen so many adults dressed up in one place. And we're not just talking some strapped on angel wings or cat whiskers....Spaniards go all out! To name a few costumes, there was a snowman (or in the cuter, literal spanish translation a "doll of snow,") a vampire, popeye and olive oil, a bumblebee, a chicken and a cut out doll.
We spent the afternoon visiting with family and neighbors and eating paella. What's a costume party without awards?? For the little kids, snow white and a magician won. And for the adults, our family kicked some butt--Gracia's daughter took second place as a snowman and her grand daughter took first as a cut out doll.
It had been rainy for the whole week, but for the lunch party and the rest of the afternoon, Seville saved a few hours for some sun. I headed to this world market on the river to meet up with some friends from high school. It was fun to see Palatiners on this side of the ocean!
From there, I went to meet a few girls for pizza! yummmm. The place we went is well known for having some of the best pizza in Seville. I mean, it was no Chicago pizza, but it was pretty good! From there we went to see 'Fighter'--in spanish of course. I like it a lot and felt good about myself that I understood it all very well.
All in all, what a happy, simple, pleasant day :)
More random spanish notices:
- When a show breaks for a commercial, it tells you in how many minutes the show will come back on. Genius idea.
- People (especially professors) like to point to things with their middle finger and its hard not to laugh/gasp.
- At shows and plays, the audience claps 3 separate times for the performers. They'll go completely off stage and back on THREE times.
- People don't use leashes on their dogs hardly ever.
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