Orientation Week

Hello all,
On Thursday we did two walking tours of Segovia and Avila. Both cities as you can imagine were absolutely beautiful. I will try and post pictures as soon as possible. Segovia has a Roman acueducto that is roughly nine miles long and ends in a castle (alcazar) that Walt Disney based one of the castles off of. In Segovia we ate suckling pig which didn´t taste like anything I had ever had before but I ate it! Avila is where St Theresa of Avila was born. We got to go to the church that was built over the place where the house where she was born. We also saw her finger- kinda weird. Avila is also home to the oldest Cathedral in Spain and has amazing walls.
We spent Friday taking a walking tour of Toledo which was once the capital of Spain and continues to the be the religious capital. It has the most ornate Cathedral I have ever seen. Unforunately I can´t post pictures of the ridiculous inside because you can´t take pictures. We also saw El Greco´s most famous painting. Our tour guide knows everything about everything about everything. He´s a genius I´m pretty sure!
Today we spent the day in Madrid and went to el Palacio Real and El Prado art museum which hosts galleries of many famous paintings and is Spain´s most popular art museum. El Palacio Real is no longer the home of the Spanish monarchs but it is extremely ornate. It´s first residents was Charles III or IV (now I can´t remember) and family.
Tonight is our last night in Madrid, we have been experiencing the culture. I´m still getting used to the eating schedule and huge meals as well as staying out to all hours of the night. Good thing there are scheduled naptimes! I´m trying to be open to trying all types of food, I had swordfish for lunch. I know I can´t believe it either. Oh and I´m rooming with two other girls, Shannon and Lily, and we have become fast friends. I really like all the people that came. There are some serious characters but everyone, although really different, is getting along really well. Even though we have only really known each other for a week, it seems much longer.
I miss you all and hope all is well at home. We´re Oviedo bound in the morning!
Ana