Hotel Palacio Valderrabanos Avila

... High Court. We also saw some of St. Teresa's artifacts, like her cross cross, her rosary, and her ring finger. On the way out of the city, we stopped a great place with an awesome view of the city. There was also a thing called the four corners. It is a cross with four columns surrounding it that are connected at the top. We got some great pictures of the view. Then it was off to Segovia, where again, I slept on the way.

Dear Readers, Last weekend I went to a small town called El Escorial, which is about 40 minutes outside of Madrid in the province of Communidad de Madrid. I was not sure what to expect beyond Franco's grave, but was pleasantly surprised by the very pictoresque pueblo. The town is home to an ancient monastery built from 1562-1584 by King Felipe II in honor of the death of St. Steven. The building is layed out in ...

After our outrageous adventure in Santarem we were on the home stretch of our Pilgrimage. We were heading to Avila the home and birth place of the first female doctor of the church St. Theresa, and John of the Cross. We stayed and prayed in the church dedicated to her and walked around the town, it was a quick visit, and then we were off to Zaragoza.

... but the toll to use the road was €7.50! anyway we got to Avila and it is an amazing town with probably the best city walls in Europe they are hundreds of years old (started in the 11th century) and are still in immaculate condition. We went into the cathedral which was beautiful and also walked along the top of the walls. The walls just keep on going and going and going.

Hoje começaram as Jornadas Medievais. A cidade tá toda decorada e tem várias coisas interessantes espalhadas pra ser ver. Desde exposiçao de aves de rapina até apresentaçoes de arqueiros (vestidos a cararáter, logicamente). O mais interessante, para mim, foi a praça do mercado, onde estao as comidas (tem uma tenta só de azeitonas, mais de 50 tipos). Como eu nem gosto de azeitonas... me acabei de comer ...

Bom, depois de uns dias aqui, acho q já fiz a maiora parte dos passeios (falta entrar no museu de santa teresa e algumas igrejas extra-muros). Aí estao algumas fotos dos lugares por onde fui esses dias. Ah, e uma curiosidade (q só descobri depois de um tempo), o convento onde eu to instalado (o de Santo ...

Bom, pra começar falando da aula. Só tem chinês na minha turma, MESMO. Sao 12 alunos (eu ainda ñ achei onde fica o til), os outros 11 sao da terra das olimpíadas (é primeiro dia né... inevitável tocar no assunto) Depois da aula fui na rodoviària ver os horários de onibus pras cidades aqui perto, bom, dá pra fazer um passeio rápido em Salamanca e Segóvia, ambas ficam ...

... signs that pointed to hotels. I re-trace my steps and start following some of them. Somehow miracously I find the old town!!! I feel like I just found the Holy Grail!! I find this 3 star hostal (not hostel) by the castle walls and ask for price.. Hmm.. it´s 45 euro, when this other woman leaves that was checking in, she drops the price to 40 euro. eeek. Still a bit much. I look around some more and find another place, 35 euro. Lastly there this Pension I find for ...

... of 3/10. We went to a pretty exclusive club. Joy Eslava, theater and discoteca, Marqy do you know it? It was list only, so we bought a bottle for €100. This is funny, regular entry is 30 per person, cocktails are 10. For 100, neither of us paid entry, we got a table in the VIP, and security took us to our table. We also had all the mixers we wanted paid for, and incredible service. Place was very nice, we danced our asses off, and shut the place down. We got home ...

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