Being a tourist

Today we got to be tourists in our own town! Maria Jose, Rachael's coordinator at her school, set up a tour of Rota's castle and church for us today. She knows we are here to learn Spanish, so she even arranged with the tour guide to give us the tour in Spanish, but to speak slowly and clearly so we could understand. The tour was actually a lot more interesting than I had been expecting... I even found out that one of the men who sailed to America with Christopher Columbus was from Rota! And the view from the top of the castle was amazing, especially since we happened to be up there just as the sun was setting. Plus when we left we each got a bag full of Rota paraphenalia... I am now the proud owner of a DVD of Rota, a Rota keychain, a Rota lanyard, and lots of other cool things!