I forgot!!!

I'm so sorry, I meant to upload New Years pictures some time ago and it's one of those things that I was sure I had done and then I realized I had forgotten. So! All in one big bang here are photos of New Years Eve (which I spent with Nuno, my roomate) and we stayed home and made pizza until the countdown when we went to Pl. Cataluna. There weren't any fireworks because I guess that's not a big thing here on New Years but there were A LOT of people and I got some nice pictures of the Christmas lights that were all around the city! I had every intention of going home and watching 2012, but fell asleep after 20 minutes haha! So here are those photos...

And Also! For this combo post, here are some photos of Dia de Reyes (Kings Day) which is the day that the 3 kings came and which is a huge celebration of Christmas (more important for the kids than Christmas Day because it is when they get most of their presents!) So there was a really fantastic parade that we caught and then I headed over to Nima's new house for a nice "family dinner" where we ate traditional cake for the day called Roscon, and they bake into the dough one bean and one figurine of a king. Whoever recieves the king has good luck for the year, whoever gets the bean has bad luck :( I didn't get either! So I guess I have a 50/50 chance ;) So here are some photos!

This is the Roscon cake!

My favorite in the parade!
This truck (one of many) literally LAUNCHES the candy into the massive crowds, some standing on ladders with umbrellas upside down to catch the candy! It's like Halloween mixed with Christmas mixed with Carnival!

So, that's all the old news! The new news? I'm in Madrid! Last minute, unplanned trip and so I'll be here until Tuesday night. It's cooler at night than Barcelona I think but the climate is so much more dry that I don't feel it like I do there. Also, the sales began again today! (oh dear!) So I'm resisting the urge to spend furiously - it's like a full month of boxing day, imagine! I came with Abel on Friday night to see a friend of his performing in a band here and a friend of mine is arriving tomorrow from Canada with her boyfriend so I will give them the warm welcome to Spain!

Love and miss everyone far away, see some of you in just 3 short weeks!

<3