Hola Todos!
This weekend we are traveling to Andalusia. I am currently on route to Granada, the farthest of the three major cities we are visiting this weekend. It was a short but stressful week this past week. We only had classes Monday through Wednesday, but in that short time I think I did more homework and studying than I have during the rest of the trip combined! This was because I had an art test on Tuesday, and I have an art presentation to give on Friday. How do I have a presentation tomorrow if the school week is already over? Well, my presentation is on the Mosque of Cordoba, and the assignment is for my group to give a short tour of the Mosque. I'm not really sure how were supposed to give a tour of a place we've never visited... But I guess the assignment has worked out in the past, so I'm sure well figure it out!
There was an art festival in Salamanca this past week that I was hoping to see a bit of, but unfortunately studies (and bad weather) kept me from seeing any of it. Its too bad I couldn't go one day even just for a little bit because they had a stage set up in the Plaza for concerts, and during the day different streets had artists set up displaying and selling their work, as well as other activates, so it looked like fun.
Remember how I had hoped to catch a glimpse of some of the old windmills written about in Don Quixote on the drive from Madrid to Toledo? I just saw three from outside the bus window! They were like large white cylinders with black pointed hats and large black blades that kind of resembled a cross between a fly swatter and a cheese grater, or maybe just stiff netting (at least that's how I would describe them... Ill let you all decide for yourselves whether you agree with that description). They were cool! but you'd have to be pretty crazy to mistake them for actual giants...
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| Close up image of the windmills. Photo from Internet. |
Hasty luego!
Aubrey
Ps. I'm becoming very savvy with this blog... This entire post was put together and published on my phone during the drive to Granada (which still has about two hours left)
