Day 6- Saturday, April 23, 2011

The final procession of Holy week passed by my house around 11pm last night. I have attached some photos. The processions are really neat, but a little scary. They do dress sort of like the KKK, which makes the whole thing strange to Americans, but it is nothing like that in reality. The drums and everything make it seem a little creepy at well because it is loud and everyone marches in unison. At night it is every creepier because they carry lanterns and it is all dark! However, it was really cool to get to experience that part of their Easter week traditions. If you look closely the cross carriers are bare foot! And let me tell you it was chilly in Segovia yesterday!




Today we visited Segovia's museum. Segovia is actually a very historic city and there is a lot to learn about the town. The visit to the museum was interesting. We got to see a lot of artwork, jewelry, etc. Our teacher here is Segovia, Ricardo, brought his two sons to the museum, the younger of which, Acu who is 4, was my photographer at the museum. He was hysterical! Now, sometimes the artwork was too big to fit all in on photo, so he would do "half and half!" I have attached some of his pictures from the museum.




After the museum we all got coffee together, Dr. Shaw treated.

In the afternoon I went to a small town about 45 kilometers away with Megan and her host mom and host sister. The town is called Pedraza. It is a very tiny village and all of the houses are built form piedras (stones) hence the name Pedraza. There is a very cute plaza with lots of restaurants and café's that is typically very busy. However, it rained the whole time we were there so it was not quite as busy as usual. Regardless, it was a lovely visit! We visited several shops, got coffee and enjoyed some cookie like desserts! Then Megan's mom drove us around the outside of Segovia and showed us a bunch of different places and explained some of the history of Segovia. I did not get any pictures in Pedraza because of all the rain :(

I ate dinner at Megan's house. We had omelets with asparagus and mushrooms. We also had some cheese and chorizo, which is like pepperoni. After dinner Megan and I went out with her host sister Andrea and my host brother. They are best friends. We also met up with two of their friends, Pati and Paloma. It was fun! It is very busy here at night! Megan and I only stayed out until about 1 and them came home because we were meeting out group for breakfast, but it is very common for people to stay out until 4 or 5 in the morning here! Everything is much later in general.