Weekend in Herrera del Duque

So this past weekend,myself, 3 other auxiliares, and 2 visiting Americans all went to the village, Herrera del Duque to visit another auxiliar, Nick.

The first night we just hung out in Nick's piso and made some delicious pasta carbonara.

Saturday morning we woke up early and went and had some coffee and tostadas/catalanas with a couple who Nick is friends with.

Then we all drove halfway up a mountain, that neighbors Herrera del Duque. Once halfway-up, we hiked the other half up and explored a deteriorating castle. It was super guay.

This is me and Cheri in front of the landscape. And here is a picture of the beautiful olive trees that were all along the path up to the castle.

This is a picture of Liam, Justin, myself, and Cheri in front of the Castle.

We kinda had to walk over rubble to get into the castle. It was quite an adventure. We felt like we had discovered some unknown ruin. Javier, who is in the background, told us that most people did not care about the castle because it is not well conserved. But it was for that reason that we all found it so intriguing.

Later that day we met a lot of Nick's friends for lunch.  We ate cuchinillo, which is like a small suckling pig.  It was pretty good.  But it was a pricey meal (23 euros a piece).  Eek!

Then we headed to a bar to watch the Real Madrid game.  The Spaniards are so crazy about their futbol.  The power kept flickering earlier because of the crazy winds, so they brought in a generator to insure that not a second would be lost of the game.  That bar was super packed during the game.

After the Real Madrid game we watched the Barcelona game and apparently Herrera people are all Madrid fans because they were routing hard against Barca even though they were playing Malaga.

During the Barca game we all shared raciones and then all hung out till late into the night.

It was a wonderful weekend.  I am so glad I got to see this small town in Spain!