The Sunday after Amsterdam I went on a volunteer trip with API to a small town called San Estevan about an hour away in the mountains. We worked clearing a trail in the mountains with a few members of the community from the village. Then they invited us to their house for lunch after which was a great way to relax and regroup before heading out on a hike on another trail that brought us to the next town. The weather has gone from being rainy and cool to being summer in Vermont and it feels great! It was a beautiful day to be outside and the hike had really great views. Maria my director sent us an attachment that there was an article from the local paper there about our work...
Another day trip was a field trip we took to Madrid with our art history classes. The trip was meant to be to the Prado museum but we had the whole day and a free bus ride so Emily and I took advantage of it. We did actually visit the museum... for about 1.5 hours (as we've been there before) and looked at all the Spanish artists we've been studying - Federico de Madrazo, Vicente Lopez, Goya as well as the temporary exhibition on de Ribera. Then we left to get lunch - again at the little Thai place where we enjoyed spring rolls, Pad thai and sauted veggies with rice. It was a beautiful warm day so we headed off to visit the main park in the city, Parque del Retiro. On the way there we found a small book fair where we feeded off 1 and 2 euro books translated into Spanish. We spent the rest of the afternoon in el parque napping, walking, sunbathing and relaxing. It was a great way to spend our Wednesday free of classes and give us a break from our first real week in Salamanca since January.
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