A walk through Palencia, 2

Well, it's not exactly complete (no shots of the river, nothing of my school, my apartment, the cafe where I hang out far too much, the Parque Salon...) but may I present: a brief and abridged walk through Palencia.

(Now with 100% more pictures!)

The Plaza Mayor at twilight during a rare pause in raucous games of tag

Calle Mayor, 1. A Sunday afternoon, when no one is out. Any morning or evening the street is packed with people participating in the habitual "paseo" (walking) before or after meals. Here you can also see 'La Gorda'

Calle Mayor, 2, the section near the bus station.

El Cristo Otero, one of two Jesus Christ statues completed by Victorio Macho (the other one being the famous statue over Rio de Janeiro). Supposedly the second biggest in the world after its Rio brother

The view over Palencia from the Otero (which we climbed one Sunday afternoon when everything was closed)

The famous Palencia Cathedral. Unfortunately none of the photos I took of the storks that live on the spires came out well.

A blurred but lovely shot of the Plaza around the cathedral at dusk

View of the city from my 7th floor apartment balcony

In Which I Reach the Emerald Isle in One Piece

After a long flight during which, due to unfortunate circumstances (largely the allergy attack from hell), I was unable to sleep more than two hours, I reached Ireland. I had a wonderfully fantastically exhausting day that started with wandering around Dublin for 4.5 hours and ended bonding with drunken Irish people singing enthusiastically to traditional music in a Pub.

Emmalee, Katrina, and I are off for a DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transit) adventure tomorrow using all-day passes for E8.20, so I need to go to bed, because it's late (contrary to the time stamp on this entry, it's actually in the 3:30 AM vicinity) and I still only got about 4 hours of sleep in the past 36 or whatever hours. A long, exhaustive entry will come soon and once I get home, so will pictures.