So, as the title suggests, this is a post of pictures from the past month with descriptions.
Enjoy!
So, we saw this on our walk home from the grocery store. I though it was so funny because the little girl is all dressed up and everyone else is in their underwear! Like, Hey everyone! Time for a family photo!!
Cool cathedral chairs. I just pictured a ton Popes sitting there. Kind of like all the Avatars in the air temple in Avatar the last airbender.... Nerd moment.
So there is a BEAUTIFUL and HUGE cathedral right next to our house. It supposedly has the Holy Grail. It's been approved by the Vatican, so it must be true... Anyway. Here was my attempt to take a picture..... on my cheap phone.... You couldn't get close enough to it anyway.
Just a cool organ.
This was another crazy one. It is a Saints ARM!! like his real arm. He was born in 304 A.D. That is one old arm. They believe that to truly be a Saint your body will not decay... so here is their proof.
Beautiful ceiling in main part of church.
Another big book.
This book is just a tidge smaller than the book above. It's all hand painted. Beautiful.
This was really cool. You can't really tell but this book is HUGE. Each page was about 2'x1'. This is an ancient music book. The black dots are known as neumes. They don't have an actual pitch, it just indicates that you start here (whatever sound... sounds good) and then depending on the length of the black mark and where it was placed determined the sound. So if the black mark is lower than the one before then it is a lower sound. And the longer the mark is the longer the sound is held out. Thank you Professor Elaine Jorgensen for teaching me that.
Me... :) oh, and some other Saints.
An ancient Pope robe.
Another ancient pope rope and dressing.
I found a replica in the museum part of the church that I got a better photo of.
They dug out a portion of the church's foundation and they found bones. Like, there were pieces of bones scattered throughout the walls. It was crazy! I'd never seen a real human skull before!
My cellphone quality picture of a beautiful gold ceiling. There were tiny baby heads in all of the corners. That was a little weird.
A random government building they were letting us walk through.
Beautiful!!
Our first day at the beach! Me in my pioneer dress and Matthew's sleeveless shirt. We are one awkward couple ;)
One of my sketches I did while sitting out side. It was interesting because people though I was a street performer and would come and watch me and comment on my work.
A man handling a huge rack of meat!! It smelled sooo good.
I love him :)
Skyline from my daily walk to get food.
A beautiful building in a quiet plaza.
So, the pictures and video from now on are from my adventure and participation of the Spanish holiday Pino Navideño, October
The start of my walk across a bridge full of booths.
A whole slew of pickled things in cauldrons.
Torres de Serranos
Detail of Torres de Serranos
So, the licorice on the top is normal Redvine size. I think you can understand why this picture was taken.
I thought this was cool. You don't usually see at fairs your choice of local spices to choose from.
This has nothing to do with the holiday.. It was just a beautiful church I saw on my walk home.
There you go world. I'm sorry I have not posted anything about my life here in Valencia. I know I will regret that when I get older. Here's to new goals: Write once a week. That shouldn't be too hard.
I love you all and I hope you are doing well! Send me some questions or things you would like to hear about!
