El Escorial and the Gallinas

Manuel holding the turkey egg
Juan, my intercambio, and I went to a monastery north of Madrid on Monday. It's an impressive structure that is said to have over 3000 windows. We had a nice day of speaking Spanish and English, having coffee, and taking photos.
But the highlight of the trip was on the return. Juan's boyfriend Manuel works at a plant nursery. And at this nursery, he has over 90 chickens. Well, there is a turkey and a cute doggy thrown in the mix also. Manuel had me go get the eggs from the coop, which I got to take home later to make Spanish tortilla. But the best, Manuel grabbed some leaves and threw them into the coops for the chickens to eat. He waited a moment in one coop, for the chickens to come towards him. Before you could blink, he had grabbed one of the chickens and was holding it as all the others were squawking. Then, he took the chicken and was almost waving it in the other chickens' faces. I have a video of it, and if I figure out how to post it to the server, you can watch it for yourself.

The monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial

Me collecting eggs at the vivero