Parque de Ciencias

Hola! Es la hora de la siesta, asi before i do take my nap I wanted to put up pictures for you of the Parque de las Ciencias, which we visited on Friday. The Parque de las Ciencias (Park of the Sciences) is a huuuge museum-type thing. It's like RMSC and Strong combined except bigger. We went to take notes on scientific development in Al-Andalus (the arabic era in Spain) but we got side-tracked. The thing is called a park because it actually is one. There's a huge green space with gardens, playgrounds(plural) and an outdoor theater. Next to that there is a small zoo. They keep butterflies, cats, little things in cages, and rehabilitated birds of prey. There are four big buildings and dozens of little ones all over. One of the big ones is a tall, skinny tower from which you can see most of the city. Enough talk, how about a photographic tour?

There was an exhibit on taxonomy, so we got to see lots of dead, stuffed things like

bears,

and deer, with an appopriately placed kangaroo

There was another exhibit on the human body, which was both creepy and interesting

Here are Oscar and Miguel with their new friend

Like I said, they keep birds of prey that were rescued and for some reason can't be returned to the wild. They have eagles, owls, hawks, falcons, flamingoes, all that cool stuff. They run a hunting/flying demonstration at feeding time so we got to see that too. The birdies came right up and sat between our legs and flew between the seats.

They chill on little stumps until it's time...

...and then they swoop down and eat your chihuahua

There was a butterfly conservatory too, or as they say in spanish un mariposaria. It was soooo hot in there so we didn't stay for too many pix

but we did get this little guy!

Y'know how i said there were playgrounds?

If i wasn't aware that they were made for smaller people, i certainly am now

cuz i got stuck on this sucker.

Ok, i'm tired now so i'm going to take my siesta. After siesta I have my first flamenco class with world-renouned profesora Anna. Wish me luck, cuz when it comes to organized dancing I move like a stick bug. Post-flamenco, we meet at Hannigan's for another go at Pub Quiz. It's bar trivia so there are awesome prizes to be won, but what we really love about it is that it's in english.

Hasta luego,

Sara