Avila Salamanca

Today was so great! We left at 8am to go to Avila Salamanca for the day. The bus ride was not the best because lately I have been feeling really sick so needless to say, it was no picnic. We drove for about an hour to get to Avila and once we got there, we looked at the wall that was put up to keep some people out a long time ago, blah, blah, blah...

We were at the wall for all of about 10 minutes and then we went to a cafe and had coffee and churros. After we all finished our coffee and whatnot, we got back on the bus to drive an hour or so to Salamanca. We got to see the first University that was built in Spain which was kind of interesting to me how different they look today and how different the architecture and choice of art was. I really liked it. After the school, we got to go to the Catedral de Salamanca, and surprise surprise, it is like EVERY other cathedral that we have seen in Spain. However, the outside was SO gorgeous and unique. It had a bunch of sculptures around the doors as a part of the outside wall of the building.

When we left the Catedral, we looked at the back of the building where there were more carvings/sculptures. If you look hard enough you can see the "signature" of the guy who restored the wall. He made an astronaut out of stone and now it is on the wall for everyone to see. I thought it was really funny because you are looking at a story through sculptures on a Catholic church and you randomly see an astronaut just chillin on the wall.

After everyone was done looking and taking pictures, we went to La Plaza Mayor de Salamanca for a bit and then we had free time to eat our lunches (I got pooped on by a bird during lunch. so gross), and then we all walked around the city for about 2 and a half hours. I bought a book in Spanish and I can't wait to read it! And I found out that the book I ordered about a month ago came in so I get to get that on Monday!!! Yay! After free time we all met back at La Plaza Mayor and headed to the bus to come back to Segovia. On the way back, it rained a ton and the windows looked so cool! 

I think I got a few good pictures today (almost all of them in back and white cause it just felt like that kind of day). Anyways, we leave on Thursday for Andalucia and we are going to be there for 5 days (we come back on Monday night I believe). I love these 3 day weeks! Actually this week I only have 2 classes because I don't have classes on Wednesdays!

I can't wait to see you all when I get back in 4 weeks and 5 days! (...not that I am counting down or anything...)