It was mostly a sight-seeing trip, and this was one of the sights!! A very impressive bridge! There's a building in the middle of it (look closely at the middle...there's a window!) The city is divided by a deep gorge/river into two parts, "old" and "new"...although both parts are really old..."Old" here just means pre-Ferdinand-&-Isabella, or in other words, it's the very much Muslim side. We enjoyed our tour of the city, walked down through the old Arab mines to the river bed, and then struggled back up the stairs...Going down wasn't so bad...but the return definitely was!!
Saturday I did a bit of shopping. I found a ceramics store in Triana (the part of the city that I live in)...Evidently Triana has it's own style of ceramics that it is known for, so I figured I had to check this out...so I did, and I bought a few items...Then, while wandering around the neighborhood, I stumbled across several other ceramics shops that were a little more off the (tourist-)beaten path, and discovered that the prices were probably better there...Oh well! If I decided that there are some pieces I'm lacking, I'll go to one of those stores...
Today we're going to take a little trip to the old Jewish Quarter of the city for our Tres Culturas class...That portion can't be called the Jewish Quarter anymore because the "judería" was destroyed in the pogroms of, I believe, 1391...So, that should be good...
In other news, Eric and I have been together for 2 years as of today!
I'm working on uploading pics to the Picasa album...(Captions have now been added)
http://picasaweb.google.com/sarahloveseric/Spain#
Have a great week!
Ah congrats to you and Eric...I miss you much but know you're probably having a spectacular time. Love you, have a good rest of the week Sarah.
ReplyDelete:)fun pics, especially the coffee tree! I'm glad you had fun in Ronda, and I can't wait to talk to you again!
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