Monday, October 22, 2007

Fish n Chips


We had lunch at a famous hole-in-the-wall fish and chips place called Leo Burdocks but didn’t realize that’s its an entire fish. Nora and I took our fried bundles down to the park around St. Patrick’s Cathedral and had a lovely lunch.

Dublin!


Monday, October 15, 2007

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.

Saturday, October 13, 2007

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.