SCHOOL TRIP (DAY 3)

The third day we were going to León, so we take our suitcases, we put them in the bus and we prepared the cushions because a large travel was waiting for us. Before going to León we went to Las Médulas. It was the most important gold mine, and largest open pit gold mine, in the entire Roman Empire. It was named as one of the World Heritage Sites, too.

When we arrive at Las Medulas we eat and then we were in the cultural space and there a guide explain us that the Romans employed a type of hydraulic mining which involved undermining the mountains with large quantities of water. The water was supplied with inter-basin transfer. She also said to us that wasn't worthwhile because the work was so hard and the gold obtained was minimum, but o

bviously the Romans had slaves which did the dirty work so they didn't care.

After the talk we did a foot tour to the viewpoint, we walked about three hours, it was horrible because they told us to wrap up us warm and the sun was radiant. We had to climb a steep slope, but finally the views made up for the suffering. We also walked into a natural cave where in the past the water flowed. When we had recovered our strength, we went down, but it was easier because there wasn't pendent, just a descent.

After we get up to the bus and went to León. I wasn't expecting too much of León, but when I saw it, I surprised because it exceeded my expectations. It was full of people, cars, and there was a good ambient, so they had us time to eat. When we went to the hotel, we take a room for four persons, and I preferred Burgos hotel, but it wasn't bad.