The famous Torrija / Rabanada
Originally uploaded by jlastras

I wake up today with ths wonderful day, my yellow room bright with sunlight. It's Thursday and I can sleep! At first I woke up early, worried that I didn't hear the alarm ringing, and suddenly I realize it's a holiday, is there a better feeling than that? I spent hours laying in my pink sheets, till my dear Carito called from Barajas, just arriving from her NY adventure...

Soon I'll go out - once I manage to leave this bed - to try the torrijas, the protagonist of Easter gastronomy. I have come to realize already that they are exactly what I'd call Rabanada in my country, but there we make then for Christmas. And it seems that it's also an universal truth that the biblical movies are typical of Easter too. All the tvs are showing what they have. And I remember childhood at the beach house, where we'd watch this over and over before cable TV and all. As for me, the most biblical I can get is watching (again!) Life of Brian, from my inherited Monty Python box of DVDs. Or one of the thousand others I have been compulsively downlowding....

For the afternoon the program includes trying to see the procession of Jesús el Pobre, which leaves at 19h from Iglesia de San Pedro "el Viejo", at C/ Nuncio, 14, and goes around the centre. And on friday, the procession of Jesús Nazareno de Medinaceli, leaves also at 19h, but this time from Iglesia-basílica de Nuestro Padre Jesús de Medinaceli, at Plaza de Jesús. I'm not religious at all, but I do love to see how the city gets at this dates, and also I love to try these specific food specialties for different seasons.

Easter season in Madri is definetely not like in Andaluzia, but I want to see how it is. Last year I cannot remember where I was, but surely travelling. This year I stay here for different reasons, but my cousin is arriving tomorrow for the holiday, so it's going to be a good time. After these last weeks of hard work it will be good to rest a little (and finish the translation!), to go back on monday on full throttle. There is too much to do.

Por las torrijas!