Saturday, January 8, 2011

Three Kings Day and Owen's Favorite Thing So Far

Last Thursday it was Three King's Day (Epiphany) in Spain.  It's a big holiday with parades and gift exchange for the kids. 

This is Plaza Mayor decorated for the holiday.

Everyone buys a cake (Roscón), which is more of a bread with sugar and candied fruit on top. 

Here's our cake.

There is a small figure hidden in the cake and whoever gets the slice with the hidden figure has good luck for the year.



We got our passes for the metro a few days ago (which required a trip to the tobacco shop).  Owen loves the metro, but even more he loves the exalators (escalators).

Owen and Dave.
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3 comments:

  1. luJanuary 8, 2011 at 6:51 PM

    Plaza Mayor is so beautiful. Thanks for the vicarious Spanish experience!

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  2. catharusJanuary 10, 2011 at 4:14 AM

    Fascinating! It seems celebration of Epiphany get's much higher profile than in the American churches.
    Is Dad worn out on the exalators??

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  3. Kate BrandesJanuary 11, 2011 at 11:16 AM

    Hooray! Thanks for the posts.

    Dave isn't worn out yet. We'll see how he feels in a few weeks:)

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