Well, Spain doesn't exactly have an Independence Day. They were the ones other countries had to fight for independence from. Yep. The oppressors and colonizers of Latin America.
Anyway, even though we didn't have this huge 4th of July celebration, an adventurous group of us took a walking tour. Out of all the places we went, the coolest was the San Esteban monestary. Christopher Columbus was trying to convince people that he knew a short cut (and was also trying to get money). He'd been before Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand several times, but one of the groups he appeared before was a council of monks and scholars that met in the monestary of San Esteban in Salamanca, Spain.
I got to walk into a room where Columbus presented his case, which eventually led to the "discovery" of the place I call home. How's that for 4th of July patriotism?
We also went to a convent with beautiful gardens, went to the very top of the Salamanca cathedral and took some awesome shots and ended the night at a jazz concert. I've also included some pictures from Thursday night--the plaza is absolutely dazzling at night, and we learned how to salsa. Ay, ay, ay!
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