Hotel Conde Rodrigo I
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If I see another church I might turn into one.
So, the big thing here is the architecture and the buildings, with an emphasis on religious structures and the architectural periods influenced by major movements that coincide with the churches and altars. We have been on tours of at least, and I hate to exaggerate here, ten churches. After a while, they begin to blend together, though I try to appreciate the beauty in each, a church is a church and ...
An amazing week finished ....
So sad to be leaving pueblo ingles this morning it has honestly been such an incredible week! Meeting the group of 20 spaniards and 24 Anglos to spend a week improving their English really has been life changing. The Spanish people are so incredible: happy, open, and so much fun to party with! It's hard to even describe what happens here as we all grow so close during the week we spend together. I'm also sad. Will no longer have my own ...
It definitely could be warmer...
Well I'm in La Alberca now with 38 others, half Spanish and half English speaking and it was pretty interesting. The fill your entire day from 9 am till 10 pm with activities to help the spaniards improve their English (thank god for the 1.5 hr siesta!) ...
¡Carnaval!
This Saturday I went to Carnaval in Ciudad Rodrigo. A fun and eventful day was had by all (well at least the people who didn't trampled by bulls)! A group of us dressed up as bomberas (firefighters). We had the red helmets and florescent yellow reflective vests. The day included fiestas, literally a carnival with rides and games, a running of the bulls, and a bull fight.
Don't worry, I didn't partake in the running ...
Star-shaped fortress in granite landscape
... has a very interesting geometric star-shape. With national and EU money the old town has been fully restored up to any detail - like the Monsanto fortress.
Residencial A Muralha is outside the old town. We can practice our Spanish on the landlady.
Bacalhao (cod) is a common ...
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