9/13/10 Last Day of Our Trip

Ok so… we started off with a breakfast that was a little disappointing compared to our breakfast at the last hotel.  Our first stop of the day was Cartuja de Miraflores, which is a monastery that combines the art style of the gothic and Renaissance periods.  The altar at the front of the monastery was so detailed with carvings of Jesus on the cross, many important Saints, carvings of Ferdinand and Isabella, and many biblical scenes.  I think this was my favorite piece of art on the trip.  I talked with Maica, the director of the program, about the different details and history of the altar.  She pointed out things that distinguished the different saints, like St. Peter holding the keys, St. Lucia holding a candle and many more fascinating details.  We returned to Burgos for lunch and a bunch of us got bread and meat from the market and made sandwiches in the market.

Monastery

Park for Lunch

            After lunch, we toured the Cathedral de Burgos, which also consisted of many different artistic styles.  This was by far the largest cathedral we visited.  I wasn’t feeling too well during the tour, so I didn’t take good notes, but it is fine because they repeated everything we learned on the trip about 20 times.  For dinner, a group of us went out for tapas.  I got tortilla Espanola (like a egg/potato/ onion pie) which was so filling for being the cheapest thing on the menu.  Lorenzo also ordered 7 stuffed muscles by accident, so I had two of those.  I also tried patatas bravas, which were like getting home fries with a spicy sauce.  The sangria was also really good.  Emily and I walked around for a few minutes after until we met some other people at another tapas restaurant.  I hung out with Emily, Diana and Jenna when we got back to the hotel and Emily regaled us with stories of life in rural Pennsylvania—including hunting with her dad, making wine and raising bees.  I went to bed around midnight in attempt to finally get rid of this cold.