Halloween Cont...

Well, we made it through a Spanish Halloween! Tad and I dressed up twice! We went to what they refer to here as a “chino” (it sounds really racist but that’s the Spaniards for ya!) Everything there is really cheap (think Dollar Tree in the US) and we got some stuff to make costumes. I got the traditional cat ears and tail and also a gypsy skirt and some accessories to go with it. Tad found stuff to be a pirate and pulled it off well. Since Halloween is relatively new here in Spain, everything for them has to revolve around being scary and gory. Every costume has some sort of blood. A Spaniard would dress up as a ballerina but you can bet your bottom dollar that there will be some blood on that costume! With that said, there are still people in the US that make Halloween about everything to do with monsters, blood, death, etc. However, in the US, Halloween has acquired this sense of promiscuity (at least in college). Every girl tries to find the cutest costume and pretty much leaves the blood in the dust. Both nights I was dressed up, people kept approaching me and telling me that my costumes didn’t scare them!
Tad and me – night 1
Tad, Michael Lynn and Em – night 2
Our friends had a party last night at Pablo’s cortijo (cortijo can roughly be translated to cottage or country house). They went all out – they decorated, bought food and drink for the party, had music. It was very cool because Spaniards don’t frequently have parties at their homes. I took some pictures and a video so that everyone can get a sense of a Spanish Halloween party. It certainly was different but very fun!
Here are some crazy Spaniards

So I didn’t get a good picture of him, but we all voted and Beetlejuice was the “best costume” winner for the night

We weren’t really sure what Bernardo was supposed to be but his costume was hilarious!

Just don’t ask questions…..