The Zoo and kebabs.

Sorry, no photos today. I came to Spain without the battery charger for my camera, so I am completely without photos and am depending on the students to supply me with photos. We spent yesterday afternoon at the zoo/aquarium and I know they took tons of photos, but as yet, no one has given me any to upload. NOTE: Having posted that yesterday, I now have gotten some photos so am editing the post!
The Madrid zoo is located outside the city in the Casa del Campo. It is a huge zoo, with a dolphin show, birds of prey show and a large assortment of strange and unusual animals. The students alsways find it strange to see animals that we take for granted, such as the Canadian goose, or the north american duck in a zoo. It is a particularly enjoyable day, as the animals are in open habitats, at eye level and separated from the human viewers by a moat or a fence as opposed to cages. The boys particularly enjoyed the limurs, bears and various birds that came wandering over to us looking for treats. Apparently everyone feeds the animals as they were clearly well accustomed to getting peanuts. The birds, monkeys and limurs came right over to us as we stood outside their enclosures.
We spent the entire afternoon at the zoo, until it was time to go home for dinner. It was not crowded at all, and we strolled and spent as long as we wanted at each exhibit. It is pleasant to wander under the shade of the trees going casually from exhibit to exhibit, continent to contenint. Although we spent about 4 hours there, I know we did not see it all.
All over Spain, but particularly in Madrid, kebabs are very popular. Now I have never tried them and some of the students, familiar with kebabs informed me that I had no idea what I was missing! So, I enlisted them to choose a kebab restaurant that they liked and to take me for kebabs, which we did after dinner. How these boys can have dinner, and one hour later eat a kebob is beyond my comprehension. They were huge! But really good. So now they are teaching me! It´s all good.
The heat wave continues with temperatures reaching 37 degrees (98 F) in Madrid today. We are going to a swimming pool....