Before the game yesterday, we went on an excursion to Segovia, which is just north of Madrid. We saw a really cool looking cathedral in gothic style architecture, the famous aqueduct, and the Alcázar castle, where Ferdinand and Isabella got married. We got to go inside the castle and I saw a real throne! I took a lot of pictures on that trip.
Monday, July 12, 2010
!Olé olé olé olé que viva España!
Yay! So I'm sure you've heard--Spain won the World Cup! It was a little nerve-racking. We watched the game at the Corte Inglés again, and it was even more packed! It's funny though, even though there were a ton of people there, it was practically silent when everyone was concentrating on the game. After we won, it was raining all sorts of beverages, fireworks were going off, people were beeping their car horns or blowing their trumpets and banging their drums. It was a spontaneous parade and sea of people in the streets of Salamanca after the game--chanting and waving their flags. I've never seen anything like it...and to imagine that I was in just one city, and the entire country was celebrating the first time they won it! Everyone walked to the Plaza Mayor--following the herd in the streets. The Plaza Mayor was just as packed. I'm sure it was like that far into the night, because when I walked to class this morning around 8 there were still people out in last night's clothes looking like they hadn't yet slept!
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I am so jealous of you right now. I hadn't kept up with your blog and read everything over today. I was thinking of how cool it must be for you to be IN Spain when they won the world cup for the first time. You get to be part of history with them. It's definately a story to tell your students for years to come. It was meant to be.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you're having such a good time there. We miss you lots over here and if you don't get to see Eclipse while you're there, we'll have to go when you get back.