We got to the small town of Avila about 2 hours after leaving Alcalá. We all ran off the bus and out into a frigid wind, then ran right into the visitors center that is conveniently located right outside of the place that the bus dropped us off. So we huddled together there for a minute whi
le we figured out where to go, then we all followed Prof. Shumway out into the cold once again and then into the city, where we found the Basilica that we were looking for. I guess we went here instead of the Cathedral because this place was the one with a story behind it, which is actually pretty cool. Apparently at this spot there once was a Jew that was just chillin’ making fun of the Christians, and then out of nowhere a huge snake sprang out of the ground and was about to eat him, until the Jew “repented of his ways” and became a Christian, so they built the Basilica to commemorate the moment. I personally think the story is a bit of a stretch, but… ya know. The building was pretty cool, not like the Cathedrals that we have been to previously, but it still had the high vaulted ceilings, and this one even had a basement with statutes and such that we could go down into. That part was kinda creepy but cool all at the same time! When we were done wandering around the Basilica we headed over to the main attraction of the city, the walls. You can walk around on the walls that used to be surrounding the city, but with expansion and such they no loner surround the whole
city. But we were able to walk around on the top of them and have an amazing view of both sides of the city and the surrounding countryside. It was really nice, still really cold, but really nice! You could walk up into the towers, which is where me and Erica M. and Andrew and John-Charles did a nice loud version of the Elephant Love Medley off of Moulin Rouge movie while standing on the tower, singing to the people in the next tower who thought it would be funny to take pictures of us. We continued to walk around on the wall for about an hour or so, and by that time it was time to get back on the bus, so we pushed our way against the strong winds back to where the bus was and jumped on, settling down for another long ride to Salamanca.
le we figured out where to go, then we all followed Prof. Shumway out into the cold once again and then into the city, where we found the Basilica that we were looking for. I guess we went here instead of the Cathedral because this place was the one with a story behind it, which is actually pretty cool. Apparently at this spot there once was a Jew that was just chillin’ making fun of the Christians, and then out of nowhere a huge snake sprang out of the ground and was about to eat him, until the Jew “repented of his ways” and became a Christian, so they built the Basilica to commemorate the moment. I personally think the story is a bit of a stretch, but… ya know. The building was pretty cool, not like the Cathedrals that we have been to previously, but it still had the high vaulted ceilings, and this one even had a basement with statutes and such that we could go down into. That part was kinda creepy but cool all at the same time! When we were done wandering around the Basilica we headed over to the main attraction of the city, the walls. You can walk around on the walls that used to be surrounding the city, but with expansion and such they no loner surround the whole
city. But we were able to walk around on the top of them and have an amazing view of both sides of the city and the surrounding countryside. It was really nice, still really cold, but really nice! You could walk up into the towers, which is where me and Erica M. and Andrew and John-Charles did a nice loud version of the Elephant Love Medley off of Moulin Rouge movie while standing on the tower, singing to the people in the next tower who thought it would be funny to take pictures of us. We continued to walk around on the wall for about an hour or so, and by that time it was time to get back on the bus, so we pushed our way against the strong winds back to where the bus was and jumped on, settling down for another long ride to Salamanca.
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