Hello Everyone! The countdown has begun and my final days in Córdoba are here. This coming week I have finals and then following that is Feria in Córdoba (a week long celebration that will be coming to a close when we leave Córdoba).
Today was another exciting festival in the PRESHCO schedule. We headed out to Cañete de los Torres, a small town about 45 minutes outside of Córdoba and hometown to one of our program directors, Maribel, for their Romería celebration. The Romería is a celebration of the patron saint of Cañete, San Isidoro, the patron saint of agriculture. We arrived early in the day and fully decked out in traditional gitano dresses and suits. The celebration began with a parade which was really a type of pilgrimage. The procession began in townS lead by the hermano and hermana mayor. This year these two important roles were played by the PRESHCO director Carlos and Maribel.
We joined the parade and walked through the town. A brass band played us down our path and we followed the float of San Isidoro.
Then it was into the Campo. It was unbelievably beautiful. There were rolling hills, fields, olive trees. Many people rode through on the path on horses making our trail a bit more complicated as we found ourselves dodging horse shit the entire 3km journey.
The end of the path was a lovely small church where a mass was held. Surrounding the church were tons of tents called "casetas." PRESHCO's caseta was set up and ready to go filled with long tables, a bar, and decorations. We ate, we talked, we danced. It was wonderful and a day I think I will always remember.
Hope you all enjoyed the pictures and the brief record of the event. Here is a video to make it come alive just a little bit more for you. It has a few clips of people dancing sevillanas, the traditional dance that we have been learning this semester.
The end of the path was a lovely small church where a mass was held. Surrounding the church were tons of tents called "casetas." PRESHCO's caseta was set up and ready to go filled with long tables, a bar, and decorations. We ate, we talked, we danced. It was wonderful and a day I think I will always remember. 
Hope you all enjoyed the pictures and the brief record of the event. Here is a video to make it come alive just a little bit more for you. It has a few clips of people dancing sevillanas, the traditional dance that we have been learning this semester.Hope all is well with everyone and I can't believe I will be home is less then two weeks. I am really excited to go home and see everyone, but I will be very sad to leave this place. It has been such and amazing semester and I am going to continue to enjoy it right up to the last moment (that is after I get all my work done! yikes).
Adios
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