Wednesday morning we had our usual... two classes before two and then siesta time! In my first class we had another test which went really well again... 92!!! Not the highest grade in the class but still a high grade! After class and siestas, there was an optional field trip to have a guided tour of the Palacio Real de Madrid (Royal Palace of Madrid) and there was no way I could miss out on that! There are over 2000 rooms in the Palace, but we only could fit 25 or so in the two hours we were there! We saw a variety of rooms there like the dressing rooms for the king and queen, the ball room, dining room, tea room, bedrooms of king and queen, etc.... and for just a few people living in the palace at the time, this place was HUGE!
After the Royal Palace, we went back to the colegio for another siesta and a yummy dinner! I know it sounds ridiculous with all the siestas we are taking but its hard to get through a day on Spanish time without one!
After dinner we all met up at Pispas! I know I've said this before but Yasmin and Alex have really welcomed us there and we feel at home when we go to Pispas... they have been a huge part of making this trip so awesome and I will be so sad to leave them! While we were drinking at Pispas, Yasmin gave me a lesson on how to poor the perfect beer -- in Spain, they leave a little foam at the top of their beers but there is a proper way to get the foam! And it is more difficult than it looks but surprisingly, if you do it the right way it tastes pretty good!
>fill the entire glass up with beer and let all the leftover foam at the top over flow so you have all the new foam
>scrape all the old foam off the top with a straw
it sounds so easy but I wasted about three glasses of foam/beer when I was learning!
Thursday, July 28, 2011 -- Avila Fieldtrip
Thursday morning we were up entirely too early for our last field trip day to Avila! Avila is an ancient mid-evil town that is completely surrounded by a huge Romanesque wall. We ate lunch as soon as we got there at the most famous restaurant in Avila, Las Murallas. They are known best for their steaks and the size of their steaks... and they were huge. Abbye and I split one and still did not eat all of it!
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| biggeststeakiveeverseen |
After lunch, we walked around a little bit before it was time to meet up at the bus! We got to see some great views, and spend time with great people on the field trip so all around it was a pretty good day!
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| view of Avila |
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| Top row (left to right): Will, Me, Nola, Jamie Lee (aka Sue/Susan), Jack, Maggie and John Bottom row (left to right): Kelsey, Molly, and Abbye |
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