Abbey Road’s students in Cádiz visited today the Teatro Romano. This Roman theater was found while digging to build an apartment building. The thing is that here in Andalucía, practically wherever you dig you find remains of antique civilizations, especially Roman. The students were able to see how a country can be respectful of the culture and heritage, even when it means losing money or a big investment. Instead of flattening the remains of the Roman Theater the city of Cadiz built a museum around them. To help visitors fully appreciate the original grandeur, the visitors walk on several glass circles that let you see below them the remains of columns and walls of what was the center stage of the theater. The students walked through a tunnel that let out into what is left of the circle shaped theater, and the stands. The next afternoon, our students learned that a theater could be anything, and anywhere, even the waters of Playa Cortadura. And they performed beautifully, fighting the forces of nature, and becoming one with the sea. Okay, okay, they became more one with the foam and the sand, but hey, nobody’s perfect. Especially when it is you first time trying to surf.
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