Signs and Halloween

One of my favorite parts of Spain is the store fronts and signs. Every sign gives the store character and history. In the US, the signs on stores are usually very modern and don't have much style but the signs in Spain look like they were made years and years ago and have lasted through everything. I took some shots of the signs I see every day on my walks to school, the gym, etc.

ALSO Halloween this year was nothing like last year. Usually, Halloween consists of stores covered in orange and black decorations, parties full of people dressed up in the craziest clothes and marathons of horror movies on TV. This year, if I didn't know October 31st was Halloween, I might have forgotten altogether. That's not to say that Madrilenos don't celebrate Halloween BUT it is much bigger of a celebration in the States. People in Spain don't go the cute or sexy route when it comes to Halloween costumes. Instead, they go the horror route. Every person I saw in the metro was a zombie or dead person or vampire. In Spain, people dress up wild and crazy for Carnival, in February. My friends, who are also American students, dressed up of course but it was not the same. C'est la vie.