Semana Santa 2008 - Departure

I took a train from near the hostel to the airport, and was on my way to Heathrow. There, I waited in their waiting area, which is like a mall. There was a toy shop with lots of animatronic animals, and I wanted all of them. I settled on the hamster in a ball, then I got on my flight for SFO. I landed around noon and was on my way home soon enough.

From an email that I sent to my sister:

I got home fine, there was some confusion at the Cordoba train station, but it all worked out. I accidentally took a shower in the boy's restroom at the hostal, but no one came in while I was there. I can't believe that just this morning I was on the Metro in Madrid, except that it wasn't just this morning, it was almost 24 hours ago. My flights were so-so, I bought a pet (more later...), and watched movies, including Elizabeth The Golden Age (AGAIN) and Enchanted, which while enjoyable, was really not a positive movie for women's interests. During the credits I saw "directed by [a man]", "written by [two men]" and "executive produced by [three men]" and knew why.....

When I got to the states, I went to the bathroom and there were paper towels there to dry my hands! Oh, the luxury! In London, the air dryers were so powerful that it looked like my hand was in a wind-tunnel. When I arrived at the Lafayette station, I saw that while I had been gone, the American death toll in Iraq had reached 4,000, which was kind of a sobering moment. There was a news crew van out in front of the field of crosses. I have to wait for my camera battery to charge before I can send the pictures and tell you more about my "pet".

I didn't make it to the art museum on Sunday, instead, I went to mass at la Mezquita and managed to find some super cheap ceramic things (on clearance) and got some purple pillowcases.

When I got home, I took a video of my new pet.