brittany just left granada. she came to visit for the weekend and jess and i got to show her all around town. i introduced her to my friends and the spanish way of life… we even took her to the traveling spanish circus! i know what you’re thinking: “whats the big deal? they have traveling circuses (or is it circi?) in the states.” well i’ll tell you what the big deal was… it was in SPANISH, so back off. it was really cool and weird and funny. i was REALLY excited about going because i had seen flyers all of the city advertizing for the circus since i arrived in granada. i even took one of the posters off of a building, took it home, and hung it in my room!
in general it was pretty awesome. elliott and ryan came over and the six of us (the boys + me, britt, jess, and madelaine) headed out to walk to the circus. the evening was kind of rainy but there was a cool sunset with two rainbows and all kinds of pretty clouds. as the sun went down the clouds looked more and more ominous behind the big blue and white tents. it was very old fashioned and, well, exactly what i expected from a european traveling circus. but once i was actually there i had the same reaction that i have when i go to the zoo. its fun and cool and i expect it to be really awesome to see the animals and everything… but then i just end up feelings terrible and sad because im pretty sure the animals are sad and bored and overworked. there were dacing dogs and monkeys that had roller skates and rode bikes and lifted up their dresses to show us their undies. there were bears that could do handstands and walk on a giant moving ball. there were snakes and crocodiles. AND there was a fluffy cat that walked across this suspended platform thing with a bird riding on its back. plus a bunch of human freaks… acrobats and like that woman from cirque du soleil who could bend in half backwards. GROSS. and spiderman was there. he did some crazy things like jumping rope balanced on a board that was balanced on a cylinder thing. (i got it on video) oh, and there was a comedy act with two clowns (who played saxophones) and one sort of serious guy (who played the trumpet)… oh geez, they were great. just telling jokes and throwing water on each other and falling down. physical comedy at its finest. we just sat in the back and drank alhambra beer and ate cotton candy and enjoyed the spectical that was CIRCO QUIROS. oooweee.
now brittany is gone and i have a BUSY few weeks ahead of me in terms of visitors and traveling and whatnot. this weekend, jess and i are going to go to sevilla just to get away for a bit and see some stuff. then MARIE is coming to see us on the 24th (thats next wednesday i think) and will be here until the 30th. then my DAD gets here on the 31st. my MOM gets here on the 4th (i think). and finally my AUNT and UNCLE get here on the 7th (i think) and they all stay until the 12th (or something). then the week before thanxgiving jess’s MOM gets here and then BRITT is coming back to granada for thanxgiving. im so excited about all the uncoming events and visitors and i cannot wait to see everyone. its just going to be a little EXHAUSTING.
all my love.
