A Comedy Tonight

Something peculiar happened this morning. As we started to the Royal Palace we came upon a parade of sorts. In the old days the livestock were driven through the city streets. Today we saw a commemoration with people and animals from all over the region marching down the Main Street of Madrid.

First we saw some sheep, oxen and then bulls. Thought we were in Pamplona for a while as they were running loose. Then came hundreds of people on horseback. After that bagpipe bands and tambourine groups and a whole village playing castanets. Many were in traditional costumes.

Our favorites were folks with wooden shoes that were on stilts. At the end was a huge herd of sheep completely clogging the street. One of the shepherds told me there were 2000. Wonder how they transported them here and home? The real end was a brigade of street sweeping machines to clean up the mess.

We always say Glazer's law when these things occur. "No amount of planning can compete with dumb luck."