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turquoiseflea

PART 2

Jun 27, 2005 16:13

SO. A woman security guard noticed us turning around in circles and was able to get us tickets from a machine, which wouldn't work for me but worked for her. The train was to come at 7:30. It was 5:30. I went up to the surface again to try to find a farmacia for my rash. I found one right away, and the woman spoke English and was pretty nice. I was ( Read more... )

hell, culture shock, travel, spain

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rynmorianqueen June 28 2005, 02:11:40 UTC

Elizabeth has three comments:

The Arab merchant sounds like a total b*st*rd, but the market sounds amazing and my mouth is watering over your description. (I'm dying to go to Egypt, but Arab markets in Spain sound good too!)

I've never heard of religious art described as hardcore Christian paintings of Jesus and Mary and all that heavy stuff! Does it really strike you as, er, that hard? It always makes me feel rawther uplifted...which I suppose is hardcore in itself.

Isabel and Ferdinand were probably greatly afraid of death. They certainly burned enough people to death.

turquoiseflea June 28 2005, 18:10:12 UTC

What would you have done if that guy had felt you up, Zib? I'm not sure if I reacted in the best way...Too passive? Too upset? Should I have beat the crap out of him???

Whew! Did I really get their names right?! I was debating whether to put Fernando, Francisco, or Ferdinand.

The art in the churches and cathedrals was really dark. There were several huge paintings of beheadings, whippings, and of course, the crucifixtion. Why do you suppose Jesus's crucifixtion is focused on so much? And there were lots of other paintings depicting people who were obviously the "bad guys", Mary crying and sobbing, people falling to the ground, Satan...It was pretty heavy. I haven't been in cathedrals in the US, though -- maybe it's different in Spain?

turquoiseflea June 28 2005, 18:13:00 UTC

Should that be "betean" or "beat"?

turquoiseflea June 28 2005, 18:14:36 UTC

Right -- BEATEN.

rynmorianqueen July 3 2005, 01:47:28 UTC

I think I probably would've yelled and pushed him off and called him a couple names. I wouldn't've beat him up -- violence isn't my thing -- but he probably deserved it. I often feel like I'm too often the victim of perverted looks or comments that I could have either prevented by not wearing outrageous clothes (which I guess amounts Cookie Monster's professor's theory that women bring rape upon themselves, with which I heartily disagree), or by glaring at/snubbing/telling off the offender. Gah. I dunno ( ... )

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