17.10.2008
Hola,
Today we went to a cave in Puente Viesgo with cave paintings dating back thirteen thousand years. Then we went to Altamira and went to a museum that had a recreation of other cave paintings that date back twenty thousand years. It was fascinating. we´ve been learning about the cave paintings of Altamira in my art history class. It´s too bad we couldn´t see the real altamira paintings. They closed the cave to the public in the seventies because they were being destroyed. At least i got to see some real cave paintings at puente viesgo. The museum at altamira was pretty lame, but what was awesome was that we got to do a workshop with this guy who builds spears from flint, wood and horse tendon. He showed us how the spears were made and then we got to practice throwing the spears at some cierva (deer) and bisonte (bison) practice targets using a propulsor (a type of throwing mechanism that is still used by Australian aborigines and eskimos) to throw the spear or javelin. I didn´t hit the targets, but it made me want to go out in the woods like bear grylls and build javelins to hunt deer.
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that is great that you are taking an art history class. i completely forgot about the cave paintings in spain. i guess it didn't stick very well. you need to remember how to make those spears and teach me when you come back. you realize that with the current economic situation when you return it will be marshal law and we will have to live in the woods and relive red dawn. i call dibs on patrick swayze's character... later bro
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