Last Thursday, a few of us made a trip to El Escorial which is about an hour outside of Madrid. It is the historical residence of the King. It reminded me of Versailles in France because it had gorgeous gardens all around it. It was basically a museum inside with a bunch of different paintings and tombs of past Kings.

Last Friday, we had our first of five trips to the Prado. One of our teachers from school came and talked about the paintings by El Greco. It was really nice to have her with us because she pointed out a lot of the symbols and characteristics that I would have never known.

On Saturday, the whole group left for Salamanca for the weekend which is a city about two hours outside of Madrid. The same teacher who went with us to the Prado, came along on the trip. We visited the oldest University in Spain, the University of Salamanca. We also saw the Old Cathedral, which is right next to the New Cathedral. It was neat because they had a pathway around the towers on the top of the Cathedral so you could climb to the top and walk outside. We learned a lot about the architecture and history of the Cathedrals.

Yesterday, we had a flamenco lesson after school. We learned the history about it and some basic moves. It was a lot of fun. Tomorrow we are headed to Barcelona for five days. My whole house is sick right now and I think I have a little bug. So hopefully, I'll get better before we leave!