Hello all! This past weekend I visited a few pueblos or villages of Soria with a teacher from the department and two other American assistants, Bailey and Kim. We started out in Vinuesa, a small village located next to this reservoir that was built to hold water for the entire area. Before the reservoir existed there was a small village in this valley that had been abandoned and then the valley was just filled with water. When driving by you could see the church tower and further down the remains of a roman foot bridge barely above water. The way of life and traditions there are a bit different than here in Soria because they are surrounded by pine forest and have a different variety of wildlife. The villages were like a ghost town on Sunday afternoon. No one was out and the bars and restaurants were empty. It was a really cool experience though. Vinuesa was the largest of the three villages we were in and the population there is a little over 1000. We visited a museum in the area that was about the pine forests in the area. The museum covered everything from the traditional housing to the wildlife of the area, which includes Golden Eagles, hawks, vultures, owls, otters, badgers and much more. The museum had a featured area on the festivals of the area that are centered on the pine trees. It was a great Sunday afternoon. I took some pics and the like is posted below.
Check out my Pics here!
-Once youre there the newest album is Vinuesa
Hope Everyone has a wonderful week! I am off to Italy on Thursday and I will post and update pics when I return!!!
Besos!
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