These last few days I have managed to keep myself busy. On Oct 31 was my last day with a transit pass so I had a few things on my list. I ended going to the Prado museum, they had just opened up a new exposition and it was free, so I mean what was I going to lose. It ws super super busy though (because it was free) so it was hard to really appreciate it all. From Prado I headed to Plaza de Castilla, all I wanted here was a photo and then I headed back downtown to Gran Via. Gran Via is the street with all the main shops and things, I just wanted one last look of european fashion before I left.
Oh I forgot to mention... being halloween the kids got all dressed up for school, it was fun to see them in costumes. Rebeca's whole class had to dress gothic so she was all in black, Diego was a mad scientist, Jamie was a millionare (his whole class the same), Marcos a indian, Patri was half man half woman (it was a pretty sweet costume) and Sarah was a black dressed bride. In the evening I went along with Marcos, Patri and Sarah trick or treating. Halloween here isn't very popular so it wasn't the same as back home. We went for about an 1 and half and maybe 6 or 7 houses gave out candy. I was trying to explain to the kids that we used to fill pillow cases with candy when used to go!! However although the lack of candy.. one house felt bad so they gave us a full box of ferrero rocher chocolates, mmm now that is a sweet halloween candy.
The kids don't get the 31st off school but Nov 1 is a holiday here so no school Thursday or Friday. It was nice to spend my last few days with the kids around! Thursday evening we went ice skating. Rebeca really enjoys going so was pretty excited. I haven't been on skates for almost 2 years now so I was worried I would fall, but it went well, I even taught the kids how to skate backwards a bit. 3 hours of skating and my feet hurt but it was fun to get some activity in with the kids before I leave. Also another thing that made me happy at the rink was there was a huge poster of Kipper!! yay Go Flames Go!!! I am sure the people don't really know who he is but I sure was excited about it.
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