I don´t know if it is sacreligios to say this, but I don´t want to see any more churches.

I know they are all beautiful but really after seeing about 7 in the past two weeks, all of the cathedrals, which eachhas it´s ownamazing and individual history, seem to be exactly the same!

Today we went to Salamanca and Ávila... both beautiful in their own right, but it is kinda the same thing: they all havethe samecobblestone streets, the same tourist stores, the same type of churches... I feel that the importance and the beauty of these places is severly diminished for the short amount of time that we have to appreciate them in.

I did get to see the first library in Europe and the place where some of my favorite spanish poets studied and lived, but that was pretty much a blur, too.

Yesterday was the first rain that I have seen since I arrived... and it rained HARD. There was hail involved, as well! It started out of nowhere... created rivers out of the streets and then stopped. Weird. It didn´t cool down any yesterday, just made it more humid... but today it has been a bit cooler in general.

Off to celebrate the birthday of a new friend... love to all.

xox cr