Sunday, September 7, 2008

The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain...

So, it rained yesterday. The first hint of precipitation since I have been here. Which meant that it was cooler yesterday, but also much muggier. At least it was a change.

Also, apparently parents here who have more than one child of the same gender love to dress them the same. Just an observation.

This morning was also very interesting. A friend and I went to go to mass at the Cathedral, however I guess they miscommunicate times just to fool tourists, so we missed the mass. We did go inside the Cathedral though, and it was beautiful!

After coming out of there, this gypsy woman came up to me and handed me a little sprig of some herb and said it was a gift. She then read my palm and told me to pay her, so I gave her ten cents and walked away.

And to top it all off, when we were walking back, there was a group of college age students coming down the street with signs saying "ABRAZOS GRATIS!" (free hugs). These were actually free, so I got a free hug from a comlete stranger on my way home this morning. It's been an interesting day!

Abrazos for all of you too!
-Marcus

2 comments:

jenni said...

2 kids were giving away free hugs outside the museum a couple weeks ago and i got a free hug too! it was a quality hug too. yay for abrazos gratis!

fearlesskate said...

OMG I wish you got a picture with the free hugs people!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4