Most of the time, when I write, it's to keep track of where I am. Some things you wish you hadn't written. Some things surprise you with a clarity that was forgotten in a moment long past.
Thursday, February 10
Carnaval!
I saw my first Carnaval this week here in Santiago. Well... 'saw' is a relative term. Mostly I just saw the back of this spanish guy's head, but I could see some of the taller floats. Unfortunately, I didn't get many interesting photos of the event. Unless any of you out there want to see the back of a spanish guy's head. :)
I'm confused now, isn't Carnival the same as Mardi Gras, which is Fat Tuesday, not Thursday...you know, the day before Ash Wednesday aka the start of Lent?
Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
-William Butler Yeats
1 Comments:
I'm confused now, isn't Carnival the same as Mardi Gras, which is Fat Tuesday, not Thursday...you know, the day before Ash Wednesday aka the start of Lent?
Julie
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