The Fun Parade

So the scary military parade was in the morning but at night the real parade happened. The South American communities in Madrid threw their own parade to celebrate whatever strange unity was being celebrated. In this parade, Spain was never mentioned. It was chaotic and fun and difficult to tell audience from parade. And everyone was waving the flag of their country. This is an awful picture but it gives you a good idea of the atmosphere (and all this is taking place directly outside the Prado).

Día de Dos Desfiles

Friday was a national holiday in Spain celebrating the unity of the Spanish race. And by Spanish race they mean all the nations they colonized in the Americas. So to celebrate this, the government threw a massive military parade complete with tanks and jets flying low over the city. Both the king and president aired public service announcements all week telling Spaniards it was their duty to come to the parade to show support for their country. Nothing was ever mentioned about the Americas…

Ballerinas

Fab Five

Abbey Road Studios

I already put up our classic album cover picture and it was so fun to fend off traffic with other Beatles fans.

On my way to school

Kings Cross Station on our way to the Hogwarts Express