Mérida

Riding in the bus to Mérida. Beautiful mountain-scape. Reminded me of Jackson Hole a bit.

The Colosseum at Mérida. Some of the guys kept making references to Gladiator, saying things like: "Are you not entertained?" Oh, boys.

Lauren and me. Soaking up the beautiful day at Mérida. Aren't we cute?

Me, Tanya and Gigi-together again. We make quite a trio.
Now we're in the Theater that's next to the colosseum. They still use it in the summer time to put on plays; it dates back to the roman era. Oh, Europe and all it's ancient history

More views of the theater.

Can anyone guess what this is?
Ancient toilets?
Yup.
This one goes out to Micah. :-P

The town center in Mérida.
IT was gorgeous with plenty of orange trees in full bloom all over the place.

Another shot of the Plaza Mayor in Mérida.

Jamon! It's what Spain's all about.

The interior of a wonderful archeological museum in Mérida. It has a large collection of Roman artifacts, very interesting, but not when you have a day full of touring all the old ruins of Extremadura. Too much information for one head to handle.

Going down underground. I can't remember the word for this place, but it's where they collected and stored freshwater. It was the source of water for the town back in ancient times.

One of the longest bridges from the Roman era.
Beautiful at dusk.

One last stop to see the Roman Aquaducts before we headed over to Cáceres for the night.
Me and a bunch of my Georgeotwn peeps. From left: Me, Tanya, Spencer, Lauren, Dan & Jackie