Dublin!

Hard Rain

Sunday was beautiful day and I walked down to the botanical gardens to see the Bob Dylan photography exhibit “Hard Rain”. I saw it during La Noche en Blanco but it was nighttime and raining so I wanted to see it during the day. It was still beautiful and moving but I think seeing it on a rainy night made it a little eerie in a very fitting way. Anyways, this is the olive grove where you tie your ribbon saying how you’re going to save the world.

Instituto Internacional

This is my school in Madrid! It’s a beautiful old building that was an elite high school until the ‘70s for children of ambassadors in Madrid.

Museo Arqueologico Nacional

I wanted to go here for the special exhibit on the Etruscos, a civilization in Italy that Rome conquered, but the rest of the museum seemed to be under construction and didn’t have much to offer.

Parque del Capricho

We spent at least an hour getting to and trying to find this beautiful park in the suburbs of Madrid but it was worth it.

Parade Party Buses

This is such a great idea for a parade. There were rolling concerts for each country in the parade and they had masses of dancers following them.

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).