El Camino de Santiago

Camino de Santiago

More processions down the castle steps!

Stair Processions

Palm Sunday/el domingo de ramos

Palm Sunday

Glad that's over with and Palm Sunday

I had my last "dance" class on Saturday. I would have had it on Sunday, but all of us Americans decided that we weren't going to go, which meant there were probably like 5 people there on Sunday, suckers. Saturday was pretty ridiculous, but it started out ok. We did this exercise in partners and pretty much gave each other massages and stuff, so that wasn't too bad. After that, we did an activity with 3 chairs and one person would go up and move them a certain way, and then someone else would go up and move them. We did that for an hour...yeah. After lunch, we found out that we were going to be going to one of the parks on campus. This time our activity in pairs was that one of us would close our eyes and walk around, and the other person would watch them and make sure that they didn't run into a tree or something. My friend and I participated for a little, but then we realized that we were far from the group and our teacher, so I opened my eyes. We walked over to 2 of our other friends who did the same thing. We just sat on a bench and talked for an hour. That was pretty much the best part of the whole day. Then it just got worse. Our next activity was to find an object, so I picked my chapstick, and then we were to do motions with it, so I put my chapstick on and then rolled it around on the floor and then bounced it in my hands. The next part was that we had to do it in pairs in front of everyone. So I did it no problem. Then we had to do it without the object. Ok, not so bad. Then we had to only do the movements aka make yourself look like a fool. After that, we got into pairs again and while the one person was doing the motions without their object, the other person would try to push them around and change their positions and stuff. Yeah, in other words, just do a bunch of crazy stuff and make it look like you're insane. Just wait, it gets better, after that, we had to act like there was someone pushing us around while we were doing our movements. So in case we didn't feel dumb enough, this was the cherry on top, better yet, why not do it in front of the whole class? Perfect. We were all watching each other and saying how crazy this all looks. Ridiculous. BUT it's over now!!!! Yesssssss. I don't think I could have taken another day with that crazy lady.

This Sunday was Palm Sunday, el domingo de ramos, and it started the celebrations of Semana Santa, Holy Week. During this week, they have processions with floats that people carry with statue things that represent Jesus' final days. It is so cool to be able to see this new part of the culture that I haven't seen before. The only part that I don't like is that there are people dressed up in the KKK looking outfits. These religious groups were around before the KKK, but it's still really creepy to see dozens and dozens of people dressed up like that. There are processions all day. I'm glad that I am getting the chance to see them, since I will be on the Camino de Santiago during Easter. I have been taking lots of pictures, because this is great teaching material for the future!

So, I am officially on Spring Break!! and will be until the 26th of April! Here is my plan for my 2 1/2 weeks:

9-16- going on a pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago, 60-70 miles of hiking
18-23- Mom, Dad, Aunt Margie, Aunt Star and Lillie are coming to visit and we are going to Madrid, Toledo, Malaga, Sevilla, Cordoba, Granada, Morocco and some white towns

I'm pretty excited!! I can't wait to see my family and travel with them! I will be sure to take lots of pictures! I hope everyone has a great Easter!!