This week was the ultimate manifestation of Spanish holidays. Monday was a holiday called Lunes de Aguas (to be explained later), Thursday was Dia de Castilla y Leon. Friday wasn't a holiday, but the entire province decided that they had already taken two days off this week, that they might as well take a third, so they did.
Lunes de Aguas is a holiday in Salamanca that celebrated t he traditonal date of when the prostitutes were allowed to return to the city. Back in the day (i don't actually know how long ago), the Catholic church would kick all of the prostitutes out of the city for Lent so that all the students would concentrate on tehir studies and be good during Lent. The second Monday after Lent, they were allowed back into the city. Everyone in the city celebrates this tradition by taking a picnic of hornazo (a meat pie with chorizo, bacon, and lomo) down to the river to welcome the prostitute back to this side of the river. All in all, it's a wholesome-family friently holiday! haha, in all serousness, though, the picnic was really fun!
The rest of the week and our time here has mostly been us trying to sieze the day. We have just two weeks left, and want to leave here with no regrets!
(the picture is of 3 of us napping at the Lunes de Aguas picnic)
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