So our first few days in Spain were interesting ones. We crammed in a lot of history to keep Richard happy! First we headed down to Avíla for the day. although this was a long drive (2 hrs each way) it was totally worth it. Avíla was an old walled town and the walls and old city are still preserved today, including a number of beautiful old buildings including the cathedral and several churches and a bastion.
Finding the place where you could get onto the Walls was quite a challenge and by the time we had walk around finding it, it was 1.15 and very sunny! But the excitement of walking along the walls and climbing up the steep stone steps to the watch towers cancelled out the heat.
CJ and Richard had fun with their sword fighting practice and I enjoyed the amazing views over the town and to the surrounding hills. In the photo above, all the red houses are within the city Walls and the opposite wall can be seen in the distance. This is the width of the city and it is about twice that in length. It really is a massive walled city and quite understandably a UNESCO Heritage City.
We also visited the cathedral and Callum's catholic school education paid off as he was very well behaved and even wanted to light a candle, except that here the church has modernised and instead of a real candle, you 20c will by you a lit flickering LED fake candle.
We bid farewell to Avíla and made our way back to Riaza, with Callum enjoying watching Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone on DVD.
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Location:Riaza, Spain
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