Vallencia and The Valley of the Fallen

I had my last day of school today and on Sunday we are off to Barcelona! After a long first couple of days the rest of the trip has flown by. Yesterday we went to Vallenia after a half day of school. It was amazing. The archetecture and finite deatail that was put into the planning of the city is amazing. You could see how well protected the city was back in the Mediveal times. There is a wall surrounding the entire city and a river the works as a natuural moat.  The fact Christians, Muslims and Jews lived in complete harmony for such a long time is a perfect example of how without the corruption of people telling us what to do and wear and believe, people of different faiths and backrounds can truly live together peacefully.

I cant believe I forgot to mention this in my last post but we went to The Valley of the Fallen. It was constucted just after Franco took power in Spain and it was built as a place where peopel who had died durring the civil war could be burried as Hereos. It is an amazing placve. Basically, is is a church litterally carved into the mountain.You enter in the church and you fell as if you had entered the heart of the mountain. However, it has a bloody history. Franco made the losers of the war build it for him. They were not paid in money, but the ammount of deaths the war caused. One day of work on the church equaled two deaths caused. Im exited for Barcelona and Marbella, I cant wait for the beach! Its been too long since ive been in the water.