When I came back from my short trip to Madrid, it was time to prepare for the carneval. Usually you won't find me lining up to put on a costume, but here you kind of have to do it. So I thought of the old saying, you know the one that says When in Rome... But putting on a costume for Carnival isn't just something the kids do, oh no. It seams that Spanish people love to dress up. There are literally dozens of stores specializing in party costumes. And they organize costume parties for no particular reason at all (aka not just for halloween and carnival). Every weekend I see people in costumes walking down the streets who are either coming from or going to a party. Back home this isn't common, at least not as far as I know. Just the other day I was talking to my colleage from work, and she said that when she was organizing her housewarming party, she decided to turn it into a costume party. Naturally, I had to ask why, and she said it's because dressing up makes parties even better! :D
OK, I went a bit of track, but some extra information never hurt anyone :D
What I was trying to say was that each year our school organizes a Carnival and decides on it's general theme. The class theachers then decide on what their class is going to dress up as. This year the theme was Fairytales. So, we had classes dress up like characters from Cinderella, Snow White, Aladdin, Peter Pan, etc. Those who do not have a class of their own, yours truely being among them, decided to present themselves as Alice in Wonderland. Naturally, I was Alice. I thought, wrongly, that all you have to do is pull out some old clothes, put on some make-up, and that's it. WRONG!!! I was one of the few who hadn't gone out shopping for a carnival costume. But well, it happens. If I'll ever be in Murcia at Carnival time again, I'll do better. Though it really wasn't all that bad, my costume that is. It just didn't look like I was in fact wearing a costume at all :D
I went of track again... To continue, all of us (teachers and students), dressed up in our costumes, went for a walk down the streets of San Jose de la Vega, dancing and having fun. The only thing that spoiled things a bit was the rain. But then again, you can't have everything. :)
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