Holidays

The 6th of December
The day of the Three Wise Men.
Here in Spain the three wise men are much more popular than Santa (who only gives cheap gifts according to my students!) On the night of the 5th to celebrate these wonderful gift giving men, the streets are packed with people who are shopping and watching the local parade. There is silly-string, candy, and confetti falling from the sky, and people hold their umbrellas upside-down to catch it all. It was a warm nice night. The most impressive thing to me happened a few hours later. The streets were spotless! All the confetti and silly string, and the endless amount of dog poop on the sidewalks had vanished! Good job cleanup crew!
It was nice that these festivities continued until the 6th, it made my families departure less final. There was still Christmas music playing and people were still in that “jolly” mood.
But of course its over now, and I am alone again. This used to be easier. However, my spirits were lifted again by a very strong woman named Lissa. She was beat up pretty bad by her boyfriend over new years while they were in Budapest. I was encouraged by her strength. She is going to court to make sure he has the incident on his record. I was impressed that she could be so level headed after it all. Now we are leaning on each other for support.
So, if you would, send her your prayers.
Thanks for listening.
:)