Hola Mi Amigos! Well, now you know the extent of my Spanish thus far. I signed up for a spanish course but it hasn't been very helpful so far. I took the first lesson expecting to learn some phrases that might help me but Nooooo. Instead I had to learn about horses (Caballo), and airplanes (I don't remember) and dogs (Perro)....I'm not sure who came up with the course but, so far I haven't found myself in a situation that required me to ask about a dog, horse or airplane. What a stupid course!
Ok, it's time to get caught up on Spain. Lets start with last Friday...as you saw in my last post, I went to Seville with the flight doc. No, we didn't see the barber (Barber of Seville) Ok, bad joke.
Saturday I went on a base sponsored trip. We went to La Rambla which is a town known for it's pottery and then on to Cordoba to see a very old cathedral.
In La Rambla we stopped at one particular pottery store and after everyone had made their purchases the owner took us to the back and showed us how he made the pottery. It was amazing. Every piece is handmade, handpainted, and one of a kind. Next month they are having a worldwide pottery festival in La Rambla and there will be potters from all over the world there selling pottery. It's pretty inexpensive for the amount of work that it takes to make it. I might try to go back.
Next we traveled to Cordoba to go through one of the oldest Cathederals in the world. It was huge! Let's put it this way, it would hold 15-20 FBC sanctuaries. I would completely get it wrong if I tried to explain the history of the place. I'll send the brochure and some pictures instead. We left the cathedral and went to a "Buffet" I use the term loosely because when you are expecting the food bar at Western Sizzlin and you get a few pans of unrecognizable food, it's quite a dissapointment. The food in Spain is very bland! It's definately not La Fiesta!
Sunday I went with the flight doc again to some old castle ruins not far from here. The castle is open and there is no attendant, no fee, nothing. You just drive up and go in. The castle is supposedly haunted by a shadow warrior that walks the castle wall at dusk waiting for his true love to return. I took a bunch of pictures but didn't see any ghost in any of them. The castle ruins are pretty cool and you can definately conjur up images of a king sitting in the throne room or a bunch of warriors defending the castle.
Monday - Today has been pretty uneventful. Sleep, Eat, Work, Repeat! I'm looking forward to this weekend. I'm going to the beach if all works out and also get to go to an american navy base on the coast and do some shopping at the base exchange. Wahoo!
Well, it is very late and I guess I will call it a night! I hope that everyone is doing well back home. Be sure to go to Philips Blog and vote!
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