Ciudad Rodrigo y Finca de Toros

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November 4th, 2005
Group excursion to Rodrigo City and the Bull Farm.

The City is a quaint little place surrounded by bright green hills and crisp blue skies. I didn't get a lot of information on the history of the town (sorry) but enjoyed the milieu.

The Bull Farm was by far the best excursion that we have had. I'm pretty sure the majority would agree... In fact, they did. We were able to get quite close to some pretty large 2-3year old bulls, females and males. Supposedly the bulls are actually pretty shy and stay away from humans as much as possible. At one point there were about 30 or so bulls maybe 100 feet from us, staring us down. It was pretty intimidating.
Our group had the priviledge of getting into the ring with some baby bulls. They were absolutely adorable! But still startling. Those little guys really have a lot of life and are out to get you! These bulls that our group "faught" were only about 150lbs. Imagine a bull at 1000lbs! No way....

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Photos

That's me in there!
Museum at the Ciudad Rodrigo. You could actually play "dress up" in here. Lots of fun with midieval weapons.

Ciudad Rodrigo Museum
I think the boys liked dress up more than the girls!

Ciudad Rodrigo Museum
Castle model..and Chris

Ciudad Rodrigo
Outside the castle walls...

Ciudad Rodrigo
Conor and I took a walk towards the river..

Ciudad Rodrigo
Saw water from far away and just walked towards it... and here we are.

Ciudad Rodrigo
Fall leaves...

Ciudad Rodrigo
Walking from the river, back into the city... I loved this tunnel.

Ciudad Rodrigo
Lunch in Ciudad Rodrigo's Plaza Mayor.. Kim and Gaston..

Elvis' Rest stop..
He lives.. in Spain!

The Bull Farm
We arrived around 330pm.. that's 15:30 here. The beautiful countryside. Fresh Air! Clean skies!...

The Bull Farm
Horses!

The Bull Farm
Puppies!!

The Bull Farm
Aahhh....

The Bull Farm
These are the bulls. In this picture, they are about 100ft away from us. The guy told us that they face a certain way because they feel they can run that way. I believe they are facing us.

The Bull Farm
Jesse enjoying the sun..

The Bull Farm
This lamb was born minutes before we passed it. If you look closely, you can see the umbilical cord wrapped around the mother's leg.. kind-a gross, but still very cute. We like to think we witnessed the first steps!

The Bull Farm
This is the bull ring where you can play fight witht the little baby guys...

The Bull Farm
The brave matadors.. before the bull came out.

The Bull Farm
Gaston. On his myspace page, his name is the bullfighter... hahahaha!

The Bull Farm
oh! This was the first little guy that came out. He is not considered "bravado" or brave because he ran away instead of faught. Poor little guy.

Comments

[Kelli]

Ole!
Very cute. As always, beautiful pictures! I love the one of the water and the baby bull. In response to Mr. Tonascia's earlier comment...I think you have LOTS and LOTS of brain cells, Sister! :) Less than a month to go...27 days to be exact! I miss you. Please stay safe.

[Jorge]

wow!
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Ingrid]

Hello Corri!!
Great to see and read your journal again. Great pictures as always! My favorite picture's are of the tunnel and the lamb which was just born....so CUTE!! Well, soon your off to Italy, right? We will miss you at Thanksgiving, but we will be looking forward to your call. Stay safe and keep the photos and journal coming. It's always fun to come here and read your journal and view the pictures!!! Take care Corri and stay safe. I will be thinking about you on "Turkey" day!!! Love ya bunches... ing :)

[lydia]

hola chica!
sounds like you had an awesome time! the newborn lamb is so adorable! and the baby bull, how cute! hard to believe that they grow up to be 1000+ pounds and can scare the shit out of everyone!!! don't know if you will be celebrating turkey day, but have a great one anyway! miss u!!! xoxoxo