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Saturday 14 June 2014

Churros in Avila

    Today we stopped in the Castile city of Avila for our comfort stop. The walls around the old city are about one thousand years old. The walls are made of granite, from the local area, and have never had to be restored. There are eighty-eight towers in the structure circling the city.

                                                Avila looking across to the old city

The swallows were busy again this morning as we walked along by the city walls on the way to get hot chocolate and churros, a Spanish tradition, especially on weekends. The churros tasted like donuts while the chocolate was very thick and delicious, made from lots of melted chocolate. The churros were crispy, deep fried delights which you must dunk in the hot chocolate according to Spanish tradition.

                                                    Churros

When I started teaching in an all grade school, I had to teach a course in religious education, even though I hadn't done any of those courses in university. One of the people I learned about was St. Teresa of Avila, founder of a reformed branch of the Carmelite Order. This place was her home, solid, like she was.

                                                Granite walls of old Avila

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