July 25, 2010 Tudes

Checking out the abandoned village

The village church

The "boys" mooing at fenced cows... no chasing today!!!

The outdoor patio area of our lodging La Casa de las Chimeneas

Today is our last day in Tudes, Espana. We leave tomorrow for our next destination, Segovia, a 5 hour drive away. We decided to make the most of our last day here, but we didn’t want to take up 4 hours of our day, like yesterday. We agreed on an hour long hike, much shorter than yesterday. It was very cool, it took us to an old, abandoned (it seemed, because no one was outside) town called Porcieda. Now, town is most definitely an overstatement, because this little village had about 5 buildings, one of them a church that looked like it could seat about 5 people at a time. Once we were done admiring the smallest village ever, we finished our hike. When we got back into our village (bigger than Porcieda, mind you), we decided to hang out at our place for the rest of the day. This was not a bad thing, because there is a lot to do here. We have a pool, foosball, air hockey, and pool tables, a rec room with a large TV and a computer with internet, and then there is also a restaurant (the only one in town) where you can get candy. Throughout the day, we did all of these things, and it was great! We also met a British family who are also on “holiday” here in Spain, and have been in Tudes for the past week and will leave tomorrow like us. They have 2 boys, Eric and Seth and a girl, Flora, all of whom are Trevor’s age or younger, but they are really nice and good company, as well as entertainment with their accents. We spent most of our day playing with them. We had a nice, home – cooked meal for the first time in our whole trip, and it felt good to not have to go out to restaurant for once. We’re going to watch a movie, and plan to go for a late night swim before bed.

Ryan