Thursday, July 16, 2015

Sunday, July 12

This morning all of us in Patricia's house got up bright and early for Return to the Rastro.  We made it to La Latina by 10:00 where Megan was waiting for us and from there we entered the wild maze of vendors and their wares.  It was a very productive sweep through.

Later that afternoon: Lunch: a big bowl of noodles with meat sauce and yogurt for dessert. Worked on blog like crazy.  I took a short nap and then a shower.  Little nervous about exams this Thursday so I went through my notes and things.  On top of that there is still so much I want to do!!   Amanda went out to walk around and we agreed to roundezvous in Retiro park at 7:45.  Alice was at the pool.   

In the evening, I packed up a couple tuna sandwiches and water and then set off for Retiro.  Megan and Amanda were waiting with these very large popsicles in hand...I got one too.  We then had a small quiet picnic near the same place the Marshall group last month picnicked.  Alice eventually joined us.  It was very quiet and not too hot in the shade.  Amanda had had a nasty incident with this guy monitoring the toilet paper in the women's bathroom and so things were just a bit subdued.
At about 10 we made for home.
The metro was more crowded than usual when we got on and there was this very strange guy who decided to talk to Alice, Amanda and I.  He spoke Spanish but what we could understand didn't make any sense.  We got off at sol which is just one stop away from our usual at Opera.  It was really lucky we did though as there was a pleasant surprise waiting for us in the Plaza de la Villa:

A performance of traditional Galician dances:   (Sorry the pics aren't great...I can't get the videos to upload)

 






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