Thursday, March 18, 2010

Photos of Extremadura



Last Fall I took a trip with CC-CS to Extremadura, a province above Andalusia. We visited three cities: Cáceres, Mérida, and Trujillo. I'm sorry that these photos are in reverse order... 


This photo is taken from the walls of a castle we visited in Trujillo.







Katie and I had fun taking model shots on the castle walls. =) 













What a beautiful view!!














More model shots!






























View from inside this little tower on the wall




















Me inside the tower













It was so much fun to walk along the walls!






































































Most of our CC-CS group on the trip












Still in Trujillo, before going inside the castle 



























We went inside a monastery in Trujillo and saw the inside of it. We then bought these really yummy homemade cookies from the nuns there. 


























Statue of Francisco Pizarro, who was from Trujillo









On the second day we were in Caceres, in this old Medieval city. You see the stork nests at the top? There's a story that if you touch the feet of a statue (that you can see a few photos down) you will get married soon... but then if you look at the stork nests afterwards you will have children soon after getting married.... Or something like that! 









Uh oh! Haha













The old city














My dear friend Fatima inside the Museum we visited in Mérida










They had some really neat artifacts in here from Roman times













This is actually an old Roman road inside the museum (they built over it). Isn't that cool? 


























My friend Hannah and I by the amphitheater













The amphitheater











An old Roman theater. This was one of the coolest things I saw there! If you stand at the top of the stands you can hear the people talking down on the stage! They sure knew a lot about acoustics way back when!! 










Looking down at the stage...
















In Mérida

2 comments:

  1. SO COOL!!! Oh how I love history. I just really need to go to Europe. I hope you have a great week. Laura

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  2. Hey Laura! Thanks for the comment! =) I know, I love history too! I hope you get to visit a lot of these places sometimes soon.
    I hope you have a great week too!! Love ya!
    Sierra

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