Ávila

This Friday a small group of us went on a day trip to Ávila. Ávila is a small town about and hour and a half north of Madrid. It is most famous for St. Teresa of Ávila who was a nun there and did all kinds of crazy things. You might recognize her from this kind of ridiculous statue

 

Also, Michelle and I read her autobiography for a class last semester so that made it even more exciting. 

We took a very cheap bus. 

The city is also a fortress so it is surrounded by this really old and cool wall

 

We paid 2 euros to be able to climb up it and walk around the city. The view was amazing, here are some pictures. 

 

We also went into a church and ate pastries made by nuns. We didn't actually see any nuns... and th pastries were kinda gross. 

We did go into the museum of Saint Teresa where they kept lots of artifacts from her life including her actual finger! With ring. It was gross and amazing. We could not take pictures :( 

It was a really fun day, wondering around the little city, looking at old things, and hanging out with out friends. 

Well thats all for today. Here is a picture of Michelle and me under a really old sign about Saint Teresa.