My host family took me to the town Valladolid, we watched a Catholic procession and saw one of the oldest universities in Spain, it was established some time within the 13th century. The village was also home to Miguel de Cervantes, author of El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha. In the picture above I am sitting in front of La Casa de Cervantes with Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, the two main characters. This author was the first to use such phrases as "a wild-goose chase" and "the sky's the limit." I am really hoping to read a book in Spanish this summer. Reading One hundred Years of Solitude in Spanish along side the English version was overly ambitious on my part. What I really need is the Spanish equivalent of a Magic Tree House book.
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