Poppies and Things

The first of May! Today is Labour Day in Spain, or so I gather. I'm not 100% sure but at any rate, it's a public holiday, so everything is closed all day instead of half the day. *Sigh...* Well, I guess it's good for the blog. But I'm almost out of milk.

Anyway, I went for a wander through the park yesterday. It was about 9pm and the sun was setting, which was kinda pretty, only there were some clouds around that made the whole atmosphere very..um..well, it felt like Something Was Going To Happen. Obviously nothing did, except for me having toast instead of cereal for breakfast this morning, but it was exciting. Also the park borders on some fields, open fields with tracks that are popular with dog-walkers and joggers. I didn't go far because it was kinda chilly, but right at the edge of the park there's some uneven ground with a bit of debris and stuff and lots of wild grass, and when I went there last night I hadn't been for a while, and there were all these poppies blooming! So pretty! It wasn't exactly Flander's Fields but it reminded me of that a bit.

So, I didn't get to Gallipoli. I had been considering it but then I had some issues with the bank and it was going to be pretty pricey and I ended up giving up. I'm sure I'll get there someday though.

Next week the ORI (international office at uni) is organising a completely FREE trip to Cuenca or somewhere near there. I didn't know about this but Amanda (the other kiwi girl here) kindly signed me up so we're going to see some vultures at Cuenca! It's overnight too plus we get fed so it's a REALLY good deal. My sleeping bag will finally come in handy as something other than a duvet! Haha.

Last night (just before going to the park) I was watching the cars in the street below when a cop car pulled up outside our building (two cops proceeded to talk to a couple of young guys hanging round in the mini-park across the street). This made me revise my idea of the Spanish Rules of Parking. Here you are:
1. If you need to park, you may do so wherever there is space. Including the median areas in the middle of intersections.
2. If you have your hazard lights on, you can park wherever there's about half enough space, eg, half on the sidewalk, almost running over pedestrians in the process. :S
3. If you're a cop car, you can park anywhere you damn well like. Say, the middle of the road!??

It's nuts. NUTS!!

So I'm going to take some photos of the park (as I didn't have my camera with me last night) and I'll throw them on facebook for you. Plus for those who don't have facebook I'll put a link to them so you can see them too.

Have an awesome day!
Katie

Photos: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3017500&l=125e3fa829&id=585155585