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Sunday, December 28, 2008 Madrid and Winnie the Pooh  Winnie the Pooh is stalking me. One of my first sights in Madrid after getting out of the Metro at Sol was Winnie the Pooh handing balloon animals to small children. Cute, right? Well, a little later, I walked into Plaza Mayor and there he was again. However, this time he was joined by two of his friends: Chewbecca and Yoda!* I was much more excited to see them--Spain immediately won points for satisfying my geek tendencies. Chewie and I did a little dance, but I think he was actually trying to get me to hug him (believe me, it wasn't obvious--I only figured this out when a little boy ran up to Chewie and hugged him. He must be used to kids just running into his arms). Hours after leaving Plaza Mayor, after I'd explored a cathedral, peeked into Museo del Jamon ("Ham Museum"--hilarious name, but really a small restaurant chain with a ridiculous number of dried Spanish hams hanging from the ceiling), and wandered through parks, Winnie the Pooh appeared again at a street market in a totally different section of town, still handing out his balloons. Three times was getting a little scary, but none of the other tourists found this disturbing at all. Then again, many of them were wearing neon wigs with foot-tall hair and deconstructed Santa hats that turned into spirals at the top, so I'm not sure they could really be trusted to notice anything strange.Random fact: The EU ban on smoking is totally ignored in Spain. I'm not convinced that it's possible to find even a cafe that doesn't get smoky. * Lucasfilm is rather overprotective of its copyrights. I wonder if the street performers paid licensing fees for their costumes? ^ Top | 10:03 PM | | | 
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