Egyptian Gift
A few days ago I decided to walk to El parque del oeste ("West Park") to see what's happenin' on the west side. To my surprise, I stumbled upon this Egyptian temple (Templo de Debod), completely preserved, somewhat restored, and generously donated to Spain in 1968. This was quite a change from my recent airport experience, where I arrived at the new Barajas terminal only to discover that I had apparently stumbled into THE FUTURE! Stumbling into the past can be cool. I guess. As I relayed the episode to Mike he laughed and then made up this totally ridiculous encounter between the Egyptians and the Spaniards, which made me laugh too:Egyptians: We have seen your land, and it is weird.
Spaniards: Gracias.
Egyptians: We have decided to give you one of our temples. We have too many. This will help make your country...less weird.
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Two days later, JD and I stumbled into a Bobsy Twins Mystery Adventure Action Novel (wait, that is a category of literature, right?) and set off to find the strange Turkish-looking mosque that haphazardly "disappears" depending on where you are in the city. But, I'm sure you guys have already read all about that. More adventure stories to come soon...
posted by Patty @ 5:44 AM
3 Comments:
The best part about that Egyptian temple is that there is a fascist meeting point nearby, at the base of the stairs that lead to the street at the end of the park. Don't ask how I know that.
Thank you for using my goofy story baby. Except it was "more weird", not "less weird." Just wanted to make sure you got it right.
Tee hee.
But "less weird" goes so much better with the story!!
Happy you are back @ blogging, Patxi!
miss ya,
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