I've been so busy traveling I have forgotten to tell you all about it!
I've made a pretty wonderful group of friends here in Santiago. Sometimes our group can get quite large as there are quite a few other Auxiliares living in Santiago as well. The best part about working here for this program is all of our school seem to understand we are all here to learn about the culture and travel, so almost all of us have Monday or Friday off (or both!!!). Having a long weekend makes it very easy for us to organize quick trips around Galicia and longer weekends call for longer trips to other parts of Spain or Europe!
There are four main Provences in Galica: A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra. Santiago de Compostela is the capital of Galicia and located in the province of A Coruña. Spain may look small on the map but I could easily spend all my time here only exploring Galicia.
One said weekend, the crew decided to venture to Lugo (the capital of the province with this same name) for a Festival called San Froilán. San Froilán was the Patron Saint of the city. The festivities started back in 1754 when a decree was passed allowing an annual country market to open in October and provoked traders of goods and food to come from all over the Iberian Pennisula to participate. Today's festival still encourage merchants and tourists to come by and enjoy music, theatre performances, and native meals (pulpo á feira or boiled octopus).
Our group headed straight for lunch in the Praza Maior where we were promptly overcharged by our waiter who "just works here" because we were a group of young people from America and England. Once that ordeal was over with we visited with a few other auxilares that are living and working in Lugo and naturally took a group siesta in their living room (picture 4 people on the floor resting their heads on a hugh stuffed tiger, two on the couch, and two more in individual chairs all giggling like a middle school sleepover). Armed with our trusty visitors guide and my good friend Alina as our guide, we hit up all the major historical sites in town and took a breath taking walk around the ancient Roman City Wall.
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| Rhys and the Combination Platter |
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| I'm pretty sure this is Hedwig |
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| Taking a moment to enjoy the view |
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| Walking along the Roman City Wall |
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| The Catedral in Lugo |
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| Emily, Alina and Emily |
We ended the day/night with more friends of other auxilares from Ourense. If you want to see hospitality at it's finest, these folks have it. Our humongous group was welcomed with open arms, music, coffee, dancing and great conversation in a house just a little outside of the town. Like the typical Spainsh night we headed out for an awesome DJ concert around 1:20 a.m.outside in the LITERALLY freezing cold. Went back to grab jackets and headed to the old town for a little more entertainment and caught the bus back to Santiago at 6:00 in the morning.
We all love to still talk about The Weekend in Lugo.
Our group headed straight for lunch in the Praza Maior where we were promptly overcharged by our waiter who "just works here" because we were a group of young people from America and England. Once that ordeal was over with we visited with a few other auxilares that are living and working in Lugo and naturally took a group siesta in their living room (picture 4 people on the floor resting their heads on a hugh stuffed tiger, two on the couch, and two more in individual chairs all giggling like a middle school sleepover). Armed with our trusty visitors guide and my good friend Alina as our guide, we hit up all the major historical sites in town and took a breath taking walk around the ancient Roman City Wall.
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