UAM (The Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, pronounced: WOM) is one of the best universities in Madrid (or so I'm told by my intercambio, and by the fact that it is the only Spanish university where NYU lets its students take classes).
The day of my visit also happened to coincide with the UAM students' celebrations of San Canuto. Apparently this dude was a real saint, but "canuto" also means "joint" in Spanish slang, so take of that what you will.
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hint: it means hippies. lots and lots of hippies.
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At the same time, it really reminded me of one ginormous lawnparty/tailgate. There were several people with generators running some pretty high-powered speakers, other people with generators making delicious pork and cheese sandwiches (serious yumminess was going on), other people selling kalimotxos (a typically Spanish party beverage of red wine and coca-cola--sounds weird, but don't knock it 'till you try it), and still other people selling random handicrafts.
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| Serious yumminess. |
I was very surprised by the entrepreneurial spirit going on by all the seemingly anti-establishment people. It was kind of odd, but a very interesting and fun way to pass a Thursday afternoon.
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