picturas

do you all know about would you rather jokes? what happens is someone crafts two completely impossible and absurd scenarios and asks another which of the two positions he or she would rather be in. anyway, during one of my journeys through an airport i thought of a pretty good one... would you rather: repeatedly get kicked in the groin for five minutes, OR stand in a line 200 meters long for airline security, only to get to the end and be "randomly" chosen as the guy that has to be stripped searched and unpack all his bags...AND, wait for it, wait for it...get a probe. EH??? the probe throws you off huh? at first you're thinking, i'll take the strip search no problem, but with the probe in the picture that five minute pummeling of the groin isn't sounding so bad.

today i spent the morning downtown just wandering around, it is really an incredibly beautiful city. david and some amigos met me there for lunch, so we ate some bocadillos de calamari (calamari sandwiches) and then we walked around these gardens on the side of the royal palace. tonight i went to meet this guy for a prayer service at a church in one of the suburbs of madrid. it was pretty fun. i liked it because it reminded me of the services in tijuana, i truly loved those services. they're like a mix between 3 parts chaos and 2 parts rock concert with a c- band. i love it. and, with the music, the bass pretty much always plays a polka beat, and with a polka beat, how can you go wrong, i think Jesus may have even said that somewhere. it took me quite a while to get back to the house because i walked from the bus station (like 30 minutes) instead of taking the metro, so david was all freaked out wondering where i was and calling people (as though somehow they could possibly know), but everything is fine.

okay, let's look at some pictures: philadelphia.

matt standing at gay street: it was surprisingly easy to talk matt into posing for this picture

provolone-wit: that's a steak sandwich with
provolone and onions

downtown philly: this is from the steps of the art museum, probably better known as the rocky steps. in the center all the way in the back is town hall. on top is a statue of william penn, he's famous for getting the state of pennsylvania named after him (what a boy!). there was a city ordinance that no building could be higher ol' bill, but in 1984 it was broken, and since then no philadelphia university or professional sports team has won a national championship since. way to stick it to the man billy

valley forge:
it was so beautiful,
and of course the camera
doesn't do justice to it.

y madrid.

la plaza mayor: the major plaza, probably my favorite place so far in madrid. the old people sit on the benches under the sun, while musicians fill each corner of the square with music. in the shade the painters work masterpieces just down the south wall from the tourists enjoying some tapas and wine.

unas pinturas en la paza mayor:

unos amigos al lado del palacio real:
this is a picture from some of the gardens next to the

royal palace. in the picture is me, eduardo, lidia (david's girlfriend), and david.

una gitana loca:
this is some crazy lady that was in the plaza in
front of the palace. when i put a coin in her cup she
start moving al of the sudden and i thought she was
going to attack me, needless to say, i shortly there
after i changed my shorts

i think that is plenty for now, i hope you enjoyed
-caleb