Day At The Circus

Today was so exciting! Remember that sign for the circus that I saw earlier when I first arrived in Spain? Well, I was thrilled to find out that Dana and the girls were going to take me! Dana told me it’s not a huge thing like the 3 ring circuses in the US, but it still sounded like a lot of fun. We got there, took our seats, and the first thing we saw was…. get this…. TIGERS! They are SOOO big in real life, and this one big male kept growling at the trainer. He was really LOUD!

Next we saw a trapeze artist. He climbed way up high in the air, and did the most amazing thing - he stood on his head on the swinging trapeze! I covered my eyes because I was so afraid he was going to fall, but he didn’t!

Then we got to see a pack of camels and some neat looking cows from Africa called Watusi. They have really big horns and one decided he didn’t like the camel very much and poked him in the rear end with his horn and made him fall from the little step he was standing on. That wasn’t very nice!

I was really happy to see the small herd of Norwegian Fjord horses that came next. The interesting thing about these horses is that the breed is one of the world’s oldest and purest breeds, and they retain the primitive markings of their ancestors including zebra stripes on the legs and a dorsal stripe that runs down the neck (through the mane), back and tail.

Then that trapeze guy came out again and did a little show of how he can balance on his head on top of two chairs stacked on top of each other. Again, I just KNEW he was gonna fall, but he didn’t! Amazing!

My favorite part of the whole circus was the elephants. They are really BIG, but seemed friendly. One elephant did the neatest trick. She walked across a balance beam, turned around and went back, then stopped in the middle and turned herself around right there in the middle of the beam! Then they did an intermission, and during the break they let people take their pictures on top of the elephant. I wanted to do it so bad, but Dana said that all you get is a small Polaroid, poorly lit, and it costs 10€, so I settled for having my picture secretly taken in front of the elephant.

After the break, we snuck into ringside seats and got to see juggling, clowns, and the coolest 13 year old contortionist. She bent herself like the pretzels I saw in Germany! It looked painful but she did a great job!

I had a blast at the circus and afterwards I was tired. When we got home, Spain was playing a soccer match against Latvia to qualify for the European Cup, so we watched that (Spain won!!) and then I went to bed. What a day!

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