On Thursday, WLA students and their chaperones went to La Rioja where they visited San Millán de la Cogolla. This municipality takes its name from a 6th-century saint (Saint Emilianus or San Millán) who lived here, and from the the shape of the surrounding mountains (the word cogolla means "hood"). The village is famous for its twin monasteries, Yuso and Suso, which were declared a World Heritage Site in 1997. The area is Spanish-speaking but some of the local place-names are of Basque origin, and there is evidence that Basque was spoken locally a thousand years ago.
During the afternoon, some of ASB and WLA guys took the metro to Bilbao, and went shopping around the Gran Vía, to the Fnac and El Corte Ingles. None of the WLA people wanted to buy anything, because most had already spent the majority of their money. After having been in many shops and walked so much, we had a rest in a bar, where we had a drink. Then, we returned home by metro.
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