So Julia and I never made it to Salamanca. I told my padre friday night that we were planning a day trip there, and he said something along the lines of "Salamanca is ok, but my hometown of Burgos is much prettier." I just nodded and said "si, si" because thats all I can ever do around him. Somehow, in the course of that tiny conversation, I had agreed to go Saturday morning to Burgos with him, bring Julia, and stay overnight! This was at almost 11 that night. I call Julia, she agrees, and off we go. I'm really glad we went, it was a neat little city, and its somewhere I would never have gone otherwise. Its in northern Spain, which Im glad I got to see. Burgos is famous, apparently, for the GIGANTIC gothic cathedral in the middle of the town, and the cheese. And its also a stop on a Catholic pilgrimage from southern France to the edge of Spain, and there were hundreds of backpackers, everywhere.
When we got there, my padre took us to his family's house there, which was also amazing. It was big and old and creaky, and right in the middle of the Plaza Mayor. He took us wandering around, and then just left us! and told us we were on our own until Sunday. It was nice though, we got some tapas and sangria for lunch, and then wandered around until dinner, when we did the same thing. There was a children's festival going on, which meant, for some reason, that tons of people were running around in drag screaming at the top of thier lungs.
The Cathedral was absolutely amazing, it was huge, endless, and super old. There was so much detail everywhere you looked, and so much gold, silver, and marble. All the stairs were worn away from where people had been walking on them for hundreds of years...it was all really impressive, and my photos dont really do it justice. Oh well. We also took this rickity old "tren touristica" that felt like it was going to collapse under the weight of all the tourists on it. But it took us to the highest point in Burgos, and it was pretty impressive. You could see how the cathedral just towered over the whole city.
My madre left today for Mexico on business, and Im kind of nervous about being there without her, shes the one I've been able to communicate best with. The four girls are all just so hyper all the time, and my padre is just very intesne to talk to, because he is always trying to teach me something, which is great, except its stressful to focus so intensely all the time, with no break.
Its crazy how fast time is going. its been over two weeks, in less than that, I will be in Andalucia, then in Portugal, then Erin will be here, then I will be with Erin, then its christmas with lindsay and new years with Brett! I can't wait.
also, we saw a crucifix with a jesus made of bull skin, and with human hair and nails. whoa.
When we got there, my padre took us to his family's house there, which was also amazing. It was big and old and creaky, and right in the middle of the Plaza Mayor. He took us wandering around, and then just left us! and told us we were on our own until Sunday. It was nice though, we got some tapas and sangria for lunch, and then wandered around until dinner, when we did the same thing. There was a children's festival going on, which meant, for some reason, that tons of people were running around in drag screaming at the top of thier lungs.
The Cathedral was absolutely amazing, it was huge, endless, and super old. There was so much detail everywhere you looked, and so much gold, silver, and marble. All the stairs were worn away from where people had been walking on them for hundreds of years...it was all really impressive, and my photos dont really do it justice. Oh well. We also took this rickity old "tren touristica" that felt like it was going to collapse under the weight of all the tourists on it. But it took us to the highest point in Burgos, and it was pretty impressive. You could see how the cathedral just towered over the whole city.
My madre left today for Mexico on business, and Im kind of nervous about being there without her, shes the one I've been able to communicate best with. The four girls are all just so hyper all the time, and my padre is just very intesne to talk to, because he is always trying to teach me something, which is great, except its stressful to focus so intensely all the time, with no break.
Its crazy how fast time is going. its been over two weeks, in less than that, I will be in Andalucia, then in Portugal, then Erin will be here, then I will be with Erin, then its christmas with lindsay and new years with Brett! I can't wait.
also, we saw a crucifix with a jesus made of bull skin, and with human hair and nails. whoa.
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