Last weekend, I traveled to Lugo, a city in northern Galicia, with a friend to see the festival of San Froilán. San Froilán is the patron saint of Lugo, and during the first two weekends of October in Lugo, everyone goes out to a the carnival, a series of concerts and then parties later at night. My friend and I did all three of things and stayed the night there before coming back to Ourense the next day. Lugo is about 50 miles away and it takes around an hour and a half to get there by car.
The orientation for my teaching program was in Alcalá de Henares, a suburb of Madrid. After the first week in Spain, I came to Ourense, and the two trips I have made outside of Ourense so far have been to the Cañón del Sil, which was about an hour away, and to Lugo.
One of the teachers at my school drives me to the school every day and it takes about 15 minutes. There are no buses that go to the town where the school is located.
Lugo was the most interesting place I visited because it is the only city left in Europe that has its Roman-era city walls completely intact. The wall completely surrounds the center of the city. My friend walked along the top of the wall to take in the amazing views.
