Una Mesquita y Una Bodega

The first day of class went well but it was kind of boring. I was placed into the highest writing and culture classes and the middle conversation class. I think that this is exactly where I should be and am excited to work more on my speaking abilities.

For our first cultural excursion we went to a nearby town called Jerez de la Frontera, which is where I flew into before going to Cádiz and went to these gorgeous ruins of an old mosque and saw how it has been restored and expanded by different conquering parties. Here are just a few pics.

 These are all sunflowers. There fields and fields of them.

 This is the corner tower at the mosque

 This is the main prayer room.

 

 This is the mill that was used to make olive oil.

 These are pomegranate. In spanish they are called granadas, like where I will studying later.

 In the mosque they had to put holes in the ceiling to let in light and let steam out of the public bathrooms and so they made them in the shape of stars. The whole ceiling was covered with these stars. It was beautiful.

These are two of my friends. Chelsea and Rosellen.

Ok. I don't really have time right now to write too much but maybe I will add some info later.
Love,
Rachel