Cáceres

This weekend we took a trip to Cáceres, a small, fairly charming town about 4 hours west of Madrid by train. It was me and my friends Britt and this girl Colleen, whose idea the trip was and who planned it. Cáceres has a very old (14th & 15th century) "ciudad monumental" -- historic district basically -- in the middle of what is now the modernized city, which has been carefully preserved and protected from modern development. It's filled with old churches and monasteries as well as a few restaurants which inhabit what must have been taverns of yore. Definitely interesting. The rest of the city is like you might expect -- lots of bars and cafes and the typical commercial establishments, but with a definite Cacerian flair. We spent a couple days there and tried to live like the locals do, with varied degrees of success. Our day of departure was an absolute disaster, but it's really not worth getting into.

I should have photos later -- I didn't take my camera with me, so I don't have any of my own to upload.