We started out the day with a tour of the Aumentacion (town hall) which is apparently the oldest building in the Murcia region. The coolest part of this building to me was the light fixtures which were originally designed to show off the light bulbs because Cartagena was the only city rich enough to have light bulbs in their town hall.
After that we went on a tour of the Museo Teatro Romano which is a museum of the history of an old Roman aphitheatre they found in the center of Cartagena. Apparently the theatre was built about 300 years before christ, how cool is that!? I really liked seeing all the statues and stuff they found in the surrounding area, and the actual theatre itself was so well kept up I could almost imagine being there.
After that we climbed yet another mountain to see a castle, it was pretty nondescript. The best part? There were wild peacocks everywhere! I couldn't believe how beautiful they were. Unfortunately, non of the males spread their feathers for me while I was taking their pictures. Apparently I'm not an attractive female peacock.
On Sunday I relaxed, cleaned, and worked out. I love Sundays here because they are just so relaxing. I think most people here truly do see Sundays as a day of rest, and I am okay with it for sure! Monday was full of going to class. I think I have finally found three classes that I like and am willing to spend my time doing. YAY! I might have to add another, though, depending on what Butler says about how the credits will transfer. I'm hoping I don't. On Monday night my friend Erin who also goes to Butler and I went to our first flamenco class. It was so much fun! I can't wait to go back on Wednesday. Today in the morning we went to buy our shoes and skirts for the class. When we went yesterday in sweats and sneakers we felt like total misfits! I ended up spending about 70 euro on the skirt and shoes, but I think it will be worth it in the end because I am going to really enjoy the class.
This weekend there is another school trip to Sevilla. The bus leaves at 2:00am on Friday morning. I am really looking forward to this trip because I want to go to Sevilla so badly! Hopefully travelling with all the international students won't be too much of a let down--I'm finding that I really hate travelling with large groups of people as a general rule.
The weather seems to finally have taken a turn for the better. It has been sunny for three days and today it was 70 degrees out! Hopefully this means that the sun has returned from its vacation, and will now stay here where its supposed to be! The only bummer about this is that I haven't gotten to try migas yet. Migas are a food from the Murcia region which they only eat when its rainy out. Maybe there will be a couple more rainy days so I can try some, then again, I would gladly have sun for the rest of my stay in exchange for just eating migas. Tomorrow I have my last school day of the week and my Flamenco class at night. I can't wait!
The mysterious Chris is back. Just two things this time: 1 - I'm sure the peacocks thought you were pretty. They were probably either really shy or married. 2 - I am INSANELY jealous of the fact that you're learning flamenco. You better show it off when you get back to the states. That is all.
ReplyDeleteYou definitely need to post pictures of you flamenco dancing in your cute outfits! So glad you're having a blast!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to do the flamenco ladie's night! :)