Another Excursion . . .

So this weekend we had yet another excursion to a few sites around Santander. This time we ventured to the "Caves of Altamira", Comillas, Puenta Viesgo, y Santillana del Mar. Ok, so first "Caves of Altamira" were not very exciting considering it was just a replica of the actual caves. Secondly, we have talked so much about the caves in class, it was like I had already seen them. I guess that´s the one plus, ahora puedo decir, Sí, he visto las cuevas! The actual caves were the first discovered with paintings from around 18000 BC. The cavemen actually used the forms of the rocks and cracks to make the pics 3-D. Just google it, if you want to see what I´m talking bout. Comillas is a bonita little ciudad. The main guy there went to Cuba to make a fortune (as was posh at that time), ended up making a fortune, and built a mansion so the king could come visit (and for himself, por supuesto). He was actually más rico que el rey. Anyways, he ended up dying before he got to live in the mansion and his first son died real young, tambien. So there´s a church built right next to the mansion. The second son got to live in the mansion, btw. So ya, Comillas was like the hoppin place for rich people to have beach houses. Gaudi built a cute lil place up there too. (All these places have pics). I ate lunch on a cliff overlooking the beach. I can see why it was so hoppin. Then we went to some real cuevas. That was super cool. There were paintings from 30000 BC (legit). And the rocks were waterfalls. Santillana del Mar (not saintly, flat, or by the sea) (mentiras!) was cool since it was a medieval village that´s been preserved, but it was un poco touristy for my tastes. But ya, overall good to see more regional stuff.