Burning Things, Touring Things

My big adventure is winding down and sadly, these are the last two trips we took while here in Spain! We went to Las Fallas in Valencia, Avila, and Salamanca and made the most of our last big group trips. 

Any and all bonfires and firework shows are officially ruined for me because of Las Fallas! They make huge paper mache and styrofoam statues that are colorful and have some sort of political meaning that we could never understand. There are firecrackers everywhere. People throw them in the streets, they are set off to start the Fallas on fire, and to start the day off they have a huge firework show. I know I keep saying huge, but that is the only word I can think of to describe this holiday! The fireworks literally shake your entire body and the sound makes your eardrums want to explode. We were all so giddy because it was just SO COOL!!! At midnight, they set the big statues, or fallas, on fire and it is a huge bonfire! The ashes and embers are flying everywhere, it looked like a battle scene, and fireworks are going off the entire time. We definitely had some {hot crossed buns}.

Despues...Avila! It was one of the cities we toured with the typical tour of a few cathedrals and something new- a big wall around the city to walk! At the top of the wall we had a panoramic view of the whole city and we took lots of steps for my fitbit challenge. Then we were off to Salamanca for the night and the next day. We took our tour and visited my favorite plaza in Spain- Plaza de Salamanca. It had all these cute restaurants, stores, and families all over it playing and walking and talking. What a dream it would be to live in a Spanish city with a family! Also, Salamanca is a very famous college town because the university is there. Legend has it that if you find a frog on the front entrance of the university you will have good luck in school! Well, we found it. So A's for everyone? 

xoxo, 

Lyds