my european adventure: la alberca

today the group went to la alberca. la alberca is a very, very small village about 45 minutes to an hour from salamanca. it was too small of a village to have a formal tour, so we were free to just look around. i picked up a few gifts while i was there.

in the beginning of june every year, the village of la alberca releases a very small pig to roam the village. the pig wanders the streets and people will feed it and sometimes let it stay in their houses. the pig does this until january when it is killed and then eaten. we looked for the pig running the streets today, but we didn't have any luck finding it.

after we visited la alberca we went to a natural pool. i had no idea what to expect and boy was i surprised. it was more or less like swimming in the river. it was definitely full of nature. it was really rocky and there were pricky things on parts of the ground so you had to be careful where you walked. we spent a few hours there. a group of us left the natural pool early to get out of the sun and have ice cream.

tonight i'm not planning on doing much of anything. i've had a long couple of days and definitely need to rest. i also have a little bit of homework i need to finish for tomorrow.