Not many folks dressed up in Zaragoza but the kids did have Halloween parties at their school. Kelsey wore a cat costume (we bought the mask in Venice this past summer) but the other students were befuddled as to why she was a cat. Costumes here are reserved for the scary and freakish not the "be what you want" as in the U.S.
Photo: The whole gang
While Zaragoza doesn't celebrate Halloween in the same way as America does, Colin and Kelsey still had a fantastic celebration with some local pals. We are friendly with an ex-pat community made up of Brits, Irish, and Americans. Some of them are the same folks with whom Celia teaches English at a local school (I'll explain that more in another blog posting). Many of them have made Zaragoza their home; yet, their children still dress up for Halloween and do a small amount of trick or treating.
Photo: Trick or treaters at our door. Colin, Aidan, Hannah (Gemma's daughter), and Eric
While we couldn't find pumpkins anywhere, we were able to buy American candy at VIPs, a local place that sells many American products. Otherwise, you can't find the bite-sized Snickers, Hersheys, etc. anywhere. The trick or treating consisted of the kids only going to the houses of the families of the children involved and then landing at Gemma's (friend from Ireland) for apple bobbing, snacks and an extended game of hide and seek that lasted until after midnight (early for Spanish children!)
Photo: Dracula comes up the stairs
Yay!! Glad you could still celebrate and eat lots of American sugar!!
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