Sites

I have done a little bit of site seeing this past week while I had people visiting.  Mostly in Murcia and the cities surrounding.

Earlier in the week Kieren came with me on a school trip to Lorca.  It is a city around one hour away from here.  The bus ride took us into the mountains and we got to go on a tour of the castle in Lorca and the castle grounds.  The castle seemed ancient and it was beautiful.  We went up to the highest point where the watch guards used to be, and the view from the top was very pretty.  We were surrounded by mountains we could see the city, and further cities.  The tour was in Spanish so it was a little complicated to follow, but it was still nice to see.

I also went to the Cathedral, I have been there before and walk by it everyday, but I wouldn't mind going back a few times.  There are a bunch of 'exhibits' in the Catheseal that are enclosed by bars.  They look like ancient religious symbols, statues, and monuments.  It kind of feels like a museum in there, but services still take place.

We took a walk into the mountains and explored the area of Fuensanta.  There is an old monestary up in the mountains that we got pretty close to, but there were groups practicing for the upcoming processions and we didn't want to bother them by going onto the monestary grounds and the path they were on.  We did a little bit of hiking and that whole area is beautiful.

The rest of the time we spent in Murcia exploring locally.  There is a lot of history within the city and the architecture is fantasic.