On Monday, we had no school because Easter Monday is considered a holiday here in Spain. We went to a pueblo called Torrequemada for their fiesta, which turned out to be a bit of a waste of time because it was just for the people of the pueblo and we were like outsiders. We had to walk for 45 minutes from the bus stop to this hill in the woods/countryside where they had the fiesta. Casey and I left and went back to Caceres after staying there for like one hour. There was seriously nothing to do there. Wish I wouldn't have gone...biggest waste of time yet. Oh well. When we got back to Caceres, we went to the park for a couple hours with Shea. It was fun and good to catch up with her about our Semana Santa trips.
On Tuesday, I woke up with a very bad headache and chills. As it turns out, I was dehydrated from being in the sun for 5-6 hours on Monday and not drinking enough. Ooops. Other than going to school, I spent the day at home in bed drinking water and powerade.
On Wednesday, I felt much better and in the evening went on a tour of the old part of the city. After the tour, we went to see the Virgin come down from the mountain. Mary is the female patron of Caceres and they carried a statue of her all the way down the mountain to the Cathedral of Santa Maria. She will stay there all week. Each day they change the color of clothes she is wearing and the kind of flowers in the cathedral. There were TONS of people watching the procession down the mountain.
On Thursday evening, we went to see the festival of San Jorge, the male patron of Caceres. Legend has it that San Jorge killed a dragon and saved the city of Caceres in the 1200s. There was a theater-like production in the Plaza Mayor that lasted almost 2 hours. There was a huge dragon that was set on fire by San Jorge. At the end they set off fireworks from the roof of the City Hall. Safety standards are so different here. We were getting rained on with ashes from the fireworks the whole time. But, the fireworks were pretty good! Makes me miss the US.
After San Jorge, we went out for our last Thursday night in Caceres! We went to Divina Comedia, La Habana, and Cameron (a discoteca). We decided to go out like true Spaniards-aka stay out all night until the churrerias are open. We stayed at Cameron until 5:45am and then left to find a place to buy churros for breakfast. Luckily, we found a place that opened at 6am! We ate churros and chocolate and got home around 6:30am. It was a very fun night!
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