Dancing buses


One of the pluses of living in a different culture is that people are keen to show you their best.

On Saturday as we returned from the Zero Stress outing we were held up by a parade.

It was of buses honouring the Virgin of Carmen, the patron saint of drivers. I felt for the poor soul. She was covered in cheapo balloons, and followed by horn-blowing buses. Nothing too reverent or special in a horn-blowing country.

That is until I pulled out my video camera. Then, like tipsy Irishmen, the buses started zigzagging across the road. A bit of an insult to Herself: that worshippers only do something special if they're on film..

But maybe She doesn't mind, or doesn't know, or doesn't care. A bit like it says in the Bible, "their idols ... have ... eyes but they cannot see; ears .... but cannot hear".

Classes start next Tuesday: I've got Church History and the New Testament History of Israel, with plenty more idols to talk about, and the living Being.

The video's on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jboMUWhBscA Sorry Herself isn't there: It's a disappointing life when you're the Virgin of Carmen.

Photo: Herself in her moment of glory

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