Do as the Romans Do

This past week we went on our first excursion to Extremadura where we visited three cities: Merída, Cáceres, and Trujillo.

The first day we went to Merída, which contains the best-preserved Roman "teatro" or roman coliseum along with other Roman artifacts

This Coliseum was built in 17 B.C...... so its EXTREMLEY OLD!!!!

Coincidently we are learning all about the Roman conquest in our Iberian Civilization class, so it was ever more delightful to see the Roman ruins..... and I would totally explain certain facts about the Romans, but considering that 1. That would be even more boring than this post and 2. I only know the Spanish terms to explain them, I decided i would spare you.

So here i am acting as a tiger about to attach the super buff gladiator (they come out of these little holes).........

Who clearly must not have been any good considering that these three caballeros decided to kill him

Pointing your thumbs down means that the crowd wanted to kill the gladiator

 Lucky for me, I survived and was able to visit the beautiful Roman Pilars

Along the way, the girls and I decided to become Hercules's Muses

The other Roman ruins we discovered were super old coins (for daddy) and the Temple of Diana

CÁCERES

We were in Cáceres for the night as we toured the old city still hidden and protected by its ancient walls

It was well worth the two euro or so to hike to the top of the walls

The next day we traveled to Trujillo to climb and explore the castle!

Earlier in the week some of us went to the Parque Retiro where we played with everything and anything

INCLUDING


                                     Statues not meant to be climbed on

                             An actual playground for children under the age of 12

                         Ancient arches (Im pretty sure this was extremely prohibited)

   and even in row boats where our very own captain decided to over take the other boats in our         group...... also illegal