His path took us through the Medieval District and Puerta de Tierra (the only Land Gateway to the city). We visited three museums and climbed a tower. Although we were in the Medieval District, we actually went much further back in time.
In the first museum, we tread on plexiglass floors over an archeological site of Roman and Phoenician ruins. There were informative 3D videos depicting how various structures were originally constructed, as well as some of the restoration processes.
From there we climbed one of the Cathedral’s bell towers. We had an amazing panoramic view of the city and could even spot our beach in the distance.
Unfortunately, the Roman Theatre, which was our next stop, was closed for restoration. So, we continued on to the Cathedral museum. There were many paintings, some vestments, and other church paraphernalia; including some pretty impressive gold and silver monstrances. Jasmin’s favourite display was the giant hymnals.
Our last stop was at the Peurta de Tierra, itself. Inside the gatehouse was a display of lithographs. They had many different varieties of printing presses, original templates, and examples of published documents.
On the other side of the Gateway, we witnessed some Spaniards participating in their favourite pastime.
As an additional part of today’s walk, we went to visit more Roman ruins on the “New City” side of the gate. Apparently, it is only open to the public on Thursdays…but not this Thursday…
So, we ended up walking the rest of the way back to our casa.
Today at the beach, Lukas was very industrious, creating his own castle complete with farmland and moat.
After dinner we returned once again for our evening walk. I think this archeological influence is wearing off on the kids, because we spent the entire walk (it was low tide), unearthing clay pot bits and sea glass. We didn’t have our buckets with us, so by the time we returned home, there were many bulging, chinking pockets.
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