Amazing Animals

I know I'm a nerd, but ever since some friends of mine mentioned the documentary series, Planet Earth, back in the fall, I had been antsy to see it. I remember watching it intermittently at Gary and Margie's house with Mariel and Tim. This Saturday, four of us met for a early supper (early for Spaniards, still late for Americans) and then to Guadalajara to enjoy hours of animal footage. I hadn't seen the part about the shallow seas or the jungle, which was quite interesting. And, of course, the polar bears and penguins are always a favorite, although I could scarcely keep my eyes open during the last part. You can see some of the pictures through the link, though it's not as cool as the videos. British accents, amazing animals, and friends...good times.

Today the weather was quite odd. Although it was a bit windy and nippy, I decided to take advantage of the sun and walk to Atocha (the train station) from school instead of taking the short train ride there. When I stepped out the front door, cold mist-like raindrops hit my face. Confused, I looked at the completely cloudless blue sky above me. I have seen rain torrents on sunny days before, but never rain without clouds.

Halfway to Atocha, I remembered that Madrid is host to Cows on Parade, and that there were supposed to be some in front of the train station. I took a nice walk down Paseo de Prado, looking in at the barren botanical gardens and then stopping to look at the cows before catching the train back to Torrejón. It reminds me of the mastodons that they put up in Fort Wayne. Similar idea. Apparently this same exposition (or similar) has been all over the world. They were in Chicago in 1999. I might look up the map to go see some more cows; we'll see if I feel like it. It would be like a treasure hunt!