July 13, 2016

July 13, 2016. Salamanca, Spain.
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Today was one of the most fun and interesting days on the trip in my opinion. 

The activities of today were focused on a very interesting and passionate art of Spanish culture: flamenco.

In the morning, we had exams in each of our three classes over grammar, speech, and culture. 

Later on, we went to a flamenco dancing class! We brought our fans and tried on long flamenco skirts. The class was hard to follow for most of us, but we all had fun!!

After returning home for dinner, we met again to watch a flamenco show! It was amazing to watch the talent and passion of the singers and dancers onstage. When I had thought of flamenco in the past, I just thought of the dance and not of the music that goes along with it. After seeing the live performance, I now realize what an integral part the music plays and was blown away by all of the talent I saw! Here is a link to a short video from the performance taken by one of our teachers: https://youtu.be/hyUV3Z-fbog. Today I found a new appreciation of Spanish culture and am so grateful to have been able to see it! -Anna Ruz