extremadura

Our last overnight trip with API is officially over...a scary thought. I had an awesome time this weekend traveling throughout Extremadura, Spain (a region on the west coast).

We started out in Mérida to visit the Roman ruins.

 Roman Amphitheater

 amphitheater

 Roman theater

Roman something

Our next stop was Trujillo, where we visited the Palacio de Santa Marta:

 On Saturday, we hiked from Canamero to Guadalupe...10 miles

 1,000 yr old tree, where we stopped to eat some bocadillos

 we could finally see Guadalupe after about 5 1/2 hours

Hospedería del Monasterio (where we got to stay the night!!)

inside the monastery

medieval market right outside our hotel! so fun!

i had the most amazing grilled corn on the cob here, but sadly i don't have a pic so you'll just have to imagine.

i wish i had gotten around to a post about gibraltar (one of my FAVORITE trips) but i put plenty of pics on fb!

next stop: lagos, portugal with the wonderful mollie siddens!

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