Baby grapes
Yesterday I participated in my last SU sponsored activity - a trip to the winery of Martue in Toledo. The winery consisted of a beautiful building with a dining area on the first floor and the machines and cellar beneath it. The green flat fields surrounding it are where several types of grapes are grown.
In the cellar of Martue where wine is kept in barrels
Dining room for lunch
Our tour consisted of a step-by-step process of how Martue makes it's own wine. We tasted cava (Spanish white wine), along with delicious orderves. Then we sat down to a full-course meal with red wine. By the end, I decided to purchase a bottle for myself it was so good. My friends tricked me into trying duck liver and quail eggs...two things I would definitely have not eaten if I knew what they were. But surprisingly, they weren't that bad. When lunch was over, we headed to Chinchon, a small town about forty-five minutes outside of Madrid. The Plaza Mayor is closed up every July for the season of the bullfights. All of the first-floor shops are locked up and people watch from the balconies as the plaza is turned into a bullring. It's not as cool as riding a bull...but they had donkeys in the middle for us to ride!
Yup I tried it, quail egg
Monica and I with our white wine
We were home by early evening, and I spent the night studying for my first final. It was a busy Sunday when I again felt like I got to see a part of Spain I never would have seen if I was traveling on my own. I have three finals tomorrow and then Thursday (if the volcano permits it) I am headed off to Ireland to meet my dad and brother for a week's vacation!
Riding a donkey...oh how all animals amuse me.
Plaza Mayor of Chinchon
So sad to be leaving Madrid soon,
Emily
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