Hi readers,
Happy (late) Easter from Madrid! After an action-packed Semana Santa in Bordeaux, I am inching back into normal routine. We came back to a Professional Development day at school (teacher-talk for a day with no kids in the building, when you can actually get work done in what I assume imitates a normal adult environment?). PD days are a really nice to get back to the work routine. Today, I am writing report card comments for my students and drinking copious amounts of free coffee.
Yesterday I celebrated Easter by eating vegan food and drinking detoxifying hot lemon waters (spring break in the South of France involved unsurprising, but copious, amounts of wine and red meat).
I went for a run in the park and looked at the Cuestas de Moyano, a row of book stalls lined up outside the south entrance to Retiro (see photo from of alamy.com). I took an Easter walk down Calle Atocha (really, I was going to the
grocery store, but I went in a very relaxed, slow-walking way). I video-chatted with almost my whole family, always an accomplishment as they are spread out over up to 5 houses, 3 states and 2 time zones. I appreciated the European daylight savings time, which marks the return of the 10 PM sunset in Spain.
While I missed the copious chocolate and English-language church services that mark my Easter celebrations in the states, I felt like the important aspects of the holiday were still observed. It felt like spring, and a new beginning. I got to talk with my family. I took an opportunity to slow down and be grateful. I plotted out all the olive oil products I am going to eat to mark the end of Lent.
I searched for fat Easter bunnies and funny Peeps dioramas on google images. And I was in bed by 9:30 PM : )
Happy (late) Easter from Madrid! After an action-packed Semana Santa in Bordeaux, I am inching back into normal routine. We came back to a Professional Development day at school (teacher-talk for a day with no kids in the building, when you can actually get work done in what I assume imitates a normal adult environment?). PD days are a really nice to get back to the work routine. Today, I am writing report card comments for my students and drinking copious amounts of free coffee.
Yesterday I celebrated Easter by eating vegan food and drinking detoxifying hot lemon waters (spring break in the South of France involved unsurprising, but copious, amounts of wine and red meat).
I went for a run in the park and looked at the Cuestas de Moyano, a row of book stalls lined up outside the south entrance to Retiro (see photo from of alamy.com). I took an Easter walk down Calle Atocha (really, I was going to the
grocery store, but I went in a very relaxed, slow-walking way). I video-chatted with almost my whole family, always an accomplishment as they are spread out over up to 5 houses, 3 states and 2 time zones. I appreciated the European daylight savings time, which marks the return of the 10 PM sunset in Spain. While I missed the copious chocolate and English-language church services that mark my Easter celebrations in the states, I felt like the important aspects of the holiday were still observed. It felt like spring, and a new beginning. I got to talk with my family. I took an opportunity to slow down and be grateful. I plotted out all the olive oil products I am going to eat to mark the end of Lent.
I searched for fat Easter bunnies and funny Peeps dioramas on google images. And I was in bed by 9:30 PM : )
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