Spanish Elections, post 1 of tons...

So, Dr. Baldridge told me that I should start seeing some stuff, election flyers, etc, soon, because the elections are coming up. She said here that there's only like 2 weeks before the election where they campaign. And she was quite right.
Here in Segovia it sprung up overnight, flyers plastered all over walls, windows, and public bulletin boards. Not just like one flyer, but several feet of the same exact flyer, like wallpaper or something. This happened Thursday night.
The newspaper said that at midnight Thursday, so Friday, they were allowed to sort of charge the city putting things up. And they did charge the city.

I went to Madrid yesterday, on Sunday, and the street that runs in front of the Prado museum was so full of political stuff. There were flyers plastered all over power poles and lights, and hanging from the lights lining the street...like how at home, at Christmas, there are always snowflakes and other decorations hanging from the lights, here there are political flags. The entire street had flags for the same person/party, the PSOE I think was which one they are, the flags are red. And there were these buses going up and down the street with people screaming out of them, vote for such and such, etc, one right after the other, each a different party. It's so different to what I am used to, and how it came up out of nowhere really surprises me. I've taken some pictures, I'll post them later, of the signs and such. I haven't really heard anyone talking about it yet, our families or anything, so there is still a lot to discover.

The Rain In Spain...

It's finally raining! It's amazing. It's really mild compared to the rain that we get at home, for a few days it was just teasing hints of sprinkle, and then today it has been raining quite hard for a few hours. Our family was pretty happy, this morning my señora was talking about it quite a bit. It's been a pretty big deal, that what would happen if we just suddenly had no water. She was saying that we would still have water to cook with and drink, because you can buy that, but water for like showers and laundry and such, well, it wouldn't exist. She talked like it had happened before, but she didn't say for sure and I didn't ask. I also realized after that I should have asked about emergency services, like we have in the states, if those exist here, and to what extent would they go to help, like are there emergency reserves and such, or can they bring it in from Madrid, questions like those. But, I did not ask. Oh well.
She was saying that the weather here is normally so different this time of year, that it normally is really cold and snowy and that it rains/snows a lot, etc. It really had not rained or snowed or anything in a month, well, over a month, since we had been here. So, hopefully, this will signal a bit more weather and the water situation will improve. If it doesn't, I can't imagine what it would be like here this summer...

p.s.

Anyone who wants to see my general photos, which will have more in it as my trip progresses, can see them here:

http://s255.photobucket.com/albums/hh145/suenosdejmi/

Barcelona photos!