This weekend's trip was a whirlwind trip through Extremadura. We saw 3 towns in a day and a half with lots of rain and walking. In Merida, we saw the ancient Roman amphitheatre, ancient Roamn theatre, and aqueduct system. In Caceres, we took a twighlight tour of the medieval city(it reminded me of Cadiz), and in Trujillo, we took a tour of the city (aka sprinted though the town to take refuge in medieval castles, Francisco Pizarro's house, and curches to escape the monsoon outside).
Merida- bridge that took only 11 months to build; Trujillo-bitter oranges; Trujillo- city wall
Now back to reality, and fast forward a few hundred years: 3 classes tomorrow starting at 8am, and still more rain. I need to be Friday already for the Spanish cooking class!!! Unless Elvira gets her act together before then, it will be my first taste of paella. om nom nom.
Love the pictures. Yours or internet?
ReplyDeleteMy only day trip was Toledo. Not sure if I saw much El Greco there or in Madrid.
Have you been to the Guernica museum yet?
Good luck with the paella.
How about the gazpacho?
The photos are bonnie originals :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, we went to the reina sofia a few weeks ago and Guernica was very cool. Overall tho, I liked the Prado better.
AHHH the paella was sooo good- im going to write about it. We didn't make gazpacho in the class, but i have made my own since they sell the soup base at the grocery store, and ive had it for lunch a few times... not sure how authentic my version is though. i guess ill have to wait a few months to test the real stuff