Madrid!

We finally arrived in Madrid yesterday and met our host, Carolina. We live on Calle Fuencarral about 10 minutes from the University and the first floor of our building is a Zara (a European chain similar to Express). Fuencarral is a popular shopping district and is actually known as the movie theatre street. It seems like we live in the place where most university students like to hang out and we’re in walking distance of most of Madrid!

Elena

Elena is an incredible, age-defying woman and here she is dancing in the gypsy cave.

Toast to our professor Alex

Our Last Night

On our last night of the seminar, our professors took us to a beautiful restaurant with a view of the Alhambra and then to a flamenco show in the caves of an old Gitano village. Here are some of our pretty pictures.

Capilla Reyes Catolicos

Today we went to Capilla Reyes Catolicos in the Cathedral of Granada. This is where Queen Isabella and King Fernando are buried and our professor pointed out something very interesting about their monument. In this period, the pillows under the heads on men were concave and those of women were not. Supposedly, this was because men had heavy brains in their heads and women did not. Isabella’s tomb is the only female tomb to have an indented pillow because the Spanish people thought she was so clever.

Harem Suicide Garden

Muqarna