Test of time....

It’s my fourth day here in Spain. In this little amount of time that I’ve been here I’ve been able to see so much. Yesterday we went to the Prado and saw so many great pieces of art. To be honest I was not completely thrilled about going to the museum, but once I got there and took a look at the religious based art I was intrigued. The way so many of the artists portrayed their version of heaven and hell was interesting. I find that what I like most about Spain is the art and architecture. The buildings and paintings and dance ect... are things that you don’t see back home in the states. We are so into the modern and technical. Its more common to find archaic pieces of art here then it is over there. Every corner you turn there’s something that has somehow manage to survive the test of time and still looks just as beautiful as it did so many years ago. Today, June 14, 2007, we are in Burgos. We will be visiting the Burgos Cathedral which took about 300 years to build. The fact that people here are so proud of these things that they dedicate their time, effort, and money into up keeping it so people like me and the rest of the group can come and enjoy it. Last night some of the group went to a flamenco performance. It was held in the back of small restaurant, so the setting was very intimate. I was so blown away by every second of that performance. The music was intense, the singers’ voice was phenomenal, and the dancers were so passionate. The singer took my breath away his voice literally took me to another world where nothing existed but his voice, his music, and his story. The male dancer danced as if though not only his life but everyone else’s in that room depended on it. A show like this could have probably been seen back home in San Antonio, Texas, but it would not have the same effect. The intimate setting, the fact that we were in Madrid added so much more to the moment itself. Although it may not be apart of our history it is still apart of our ancestors and where we came from.