Social Climbers

We always knew we would climb high, we just didn't know we would climb everything in Europe. Such as: towers, cathedral roofs, fortresses, scary spiral staircases, mountains, and hundreds of high hills (alliteration added by Rachel). Seriously, our leg muscles are broken.

Here are three intertwining spiral staircases in a Galician History Museum/convent. Each staircase leads to different rooms in the museum.

Yesterday we went on a tour of the roof of the cathedral of Santiago. Yes, the actual roof. There was an incredible view of the city.

Due to climbing so many stairs, we though these were stairs as well, but they were actually roof tiles.

Last night we ate an especially delicious dinner. We went to a tapas restaurant hidden in a back alley and ate: Cheese of la Mancha (Manchego), hot (temperature-wise) chorizo, pimientos, pulpo, shrimp, lots of bread, and tortilla espanola, which is sort of like a quiche, made with eggs, potatoes, onions, and usually peppers. Afterwards, we devoured waffles with chocolate (gofres con chocolate). This was a most delicious experience. It was especially great compared to the night before, when we tried to share a hake (Rachel thought this was pronounced HA-kay) dinner, but wound up ordering veal by mistake. We must siesta for now,

Hasta la vista,

Raquel y Hilary

P.S. Here is a picture of our delicious churros con chocolate dinner from a few days ago: