Hahahaha Colbert Nation has gone universal! NASA held a contest in regards to naming the newly finished wing of the space station and who came in first? None other than "Colbert" Fantastic!
Today I got a crash course in Easter celebrations in Spain. It's quite unlike the Episcopalian way of doing things that I have grown accustomed to (aka a service every day, one even involving washing each others feet - check it out!). Processions and parades of statues are huge here. Semana Santa is definitely a week of celebration, and with what we commemorate on Easter Sunday, how can you not celebrate??
Sevilla is a big spot to head to for Semana Santa. Same with Malaga. In Almeria, they apparently have a procession at 1 am on Tuesday night that is completely silent. People dress in black and walk around barefoot in complete silence, contemplating their sins and the walk that Jesus made to the hill of Calvary. I can only imagine how powerful that would be to see. On the other end of the spectrum, there are men called Nazarenos who dress up in tall capes. These costumes vary depending on where you go, but make no doubt that these costumes are probably older than our country. Not the exact costumes but the idea behind them... One style is a long robe that drapes down to your feet. The other is knee high and requires the man or woman nowadays to wear bright stockings! Then, the belly of the robe is stuffed with caramels that the nazareno will throw out during the parade! How fun is that?? Here's a video of Malaga 2008.
Another traditional party they have here (not Easter week) is towards the end of June on Saint Juan Day. Everyone goes out on the beach, makes bonfires, and at midnight everyone heads into the sea! It's tradition to bathe in the water and then spend the night around the fire with family. I would like to bring this back to the States haha! That would be so fun :) Until a shark eats you.
Not too much else today. I stayed up and watched Chuck live again and it's just not as fun with commercials. So thankfully I think I have talked myself out of having to do that again haha
TWO days until the parents will be on their way here :) :) :) Can't wait! And I just got assigned a project on William Shakespeare at the high school so I might end up stopping by the Globe Theatre in London after all.
BIG NEWS for any soccer fans - Chelsea and AC Milan (hopefully with Beckham still?) are coming to the USA! The World Football Challenge is coming this July!
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