I ate octopus on Sunday.

my life is average

I went to the zoo today, and it was really tight.

I wish I could put up samples of all of the cool photos I took, but that would be a memory overload. We saw a dolphin show, as well as some sea lions balancing basketballs on their noses and birds of prey flying real fast.

The aquarium was pretty sweet too. I know know, definitively, how to distinguish between a male and a female shark (tiburon en espanol) and I am so excited about that right now.

Life is good; Spain is beautiful; spring is blossoming; what more could a young lad ask for?

I love my life.

-Walter

Soccer Game last night

So,

I am not sure if all Americans have a great idea about what soccer (futbol) means to Europeans, and especially Spaniards, but last night I found out.

A bunch of Stanford peeps went to an Irish Pub to watch "el clasico", which is essentially the biggest futbol match of the year-- yep, you guessed it... Real Madrid vs. FC Barcelona.

So much beer, so many tears... Barcelona destroyed Madrid.

And that basically ruined the social aspect of our Saturday night. Had Madrid won, the plaza del dos de mayo would have been hopping, seeing as yesterday was the Madrid Community Day w/ tons of festivals, concerts, etc.

But last night everyone was just sad b/c Madrid lost the game to Barcelona. BUT I did buy a sweet jersey, so I feel slightly better about that.

-Walter