Blogs from Trujillo, Extremadura, Spain, Europe

This weekend, we went on a school trip to various towns in Extremadura, which is the province above Sevilla. Check out the map I added. We started on Friday morning. The bus left for Merida, which is a town that is famous for its well conserved Roman ruins. They have a gorgeous amphitheater and a theater. The theater is the best conserved Roman theater in Europe. There is one that is also well preserved in Northern Africa. It was very pretty. Then we went to the Roman museum that is also there. The museum is so beautiful. It was a little hard to stand because we were all starving when we were at the museum and I am really sure that everything has to be physically perfect for a museum trip to be tolerable. If you ... read more

It's raining, it's pouring... why are we not surprised?! Today is officially the first day of Autumn, although we've already had the central heating on for a week. Still, on Monday I'm off to sunny Spain!! The town I'm going to is called Trujillo, in the region of Extremadura. Not many people have heard of Extremadura, but it's the region which borders Portugal and is north of Andalucia (where they have lots of flamenco dancing). Basically, south of Madrid, but north of Sevilla. Oh, go and look it up in an atlas... According to the official town website, which may be slightly biased, Trujillo is the most beautiful and unspoilt of all the conquistador towns. Several famous explorers, including Francisco Pizarro (who discovered Peru), came from Trujillo, and the lovely houses they built on their return ... read more