Las Catedrales

I just got back from a mini field trip with my class to the old and new cathedrals in Salamanca. They're really close to our classes. I had visited the new one the first weekend I spent here, but since I went on my own, I didn't learn as much and I also didn't get to go into the old one. In the old cathedral at the front, there are a ton of colorful pictures that depict the life of Christ. This was done in the 15th century, when less people knew how to read. It's amazing how colorful the paintings still are today. (See the pic!) Also, I found it interesting that there are tombs under the cathedral. On the floor you can see blocks about the size of caskets all lined up with numbers on them. It's like a cemetery. They also had the arm of this priest who died during the Spanish Civil war in a little case. EWWW! (I took a picture but I can hardly stand to look at it!!)

Today I took my exams for Grammar and Literature--they went well overall I think. Tomorrow I have my exams for History and Evolution of the Spanish. Oh yeah, and I tried fried calamari today for lunch. It was good...