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We now have all of our passports with VISAS ready to enter Brazil. Yippee! Westward we will move. Today Ezra was entirely too loud for apartment living. I’m not sure what some of the neighbors think, but I heard some windows closed. That is why one of my strategies has been to rise early and begin our adventure before Ezra realizes he’s awake and hungry. The only place we see Spanish children is on the playground. Like most cities big downtown areas have no houses or yards so everyone plays in the playgrounds, not even on the sidewalks. So this has been what I have observed. The kids in Asia – Southeast Asia played wherever they could and their parents were nowhere to be found. They played in the streets, hillside, railroad tracks. Here in Madrid, they have so many designated play areas for kids that they do not need to use their imagination to play. I guess in Southeast Asia the kids had to first imagine they were in another place, a playground of sorts, and then play begins. And they had a yard or land to create their own space. Here in Madrid they play soccer, or have the Boy Scouts, or they go to music lessons after school. Everything you would expect – interesting. I went on a run to grab everyone’s passport. Thankfully, they all came back stamped with a visa for Brazil. My run took me again to the University of Madrid and then somewhere near the US Embassy. I thought I would never find the US embassy. The playground was really crowded at the happy hour of the playground 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Viena and I decided to walk back and hang out and read. I even was able to read her a little Spanish book. In hindsight, we should have planned to stay the winter here in Madrid. I like it here in Madrid. The prices and the people. Dwana went out on her own with children, a First in months. Viena even knows her way around.
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