White Easter - The American Scholar

White Easter - The American Scholar

It was Easter week, and Madrid was bustling with tourists, my friend from Albuquerque and I among them. But for all the people arriving in the capital, even more appeared to be leaving, many of them by train for points south. In Spain, practicing religion seems to mean not so much going to Mass as attending the processions, and they are nowhere better than in Seville or Granada during semana santa, Holy Week. You must see them some time, I had b…