June 14- Burgos

Today our group left Madrid and after a bus ride of less than four hours we arrived in Burgos. The streets are made of beautiful cobblestone, the buildings have lots of character. The sidewalks take some getting used to but for the most part I noticed one thing. Here in Spain, people really care about their enviorment.

I feel like just being back home I was closed minded. I am an allergy victim. I thought the air we breathed was great, I did not care too much about seeing the wind carry trash throughout streets. I also did not mind seeing where I live slowly become real business like. In my mind trees were cut down to help business make our world go round. Our world is so different! I suffer from allergies mid summer. Here, I felt my allergies for the first time after a mini cold front hit Madrid. It wasnt so bad either. When I first got here I could finally smell. My nasal passages opened and all the sinus pressure I had was gone. It felt great!

So, as I do this assignment Im taking in fresh air. It is so pure. There are parks, trees, flowers, and not to mention the cars here do not burn petroleum like ours do. It makes me wonder... If we took care of San Antonio like we should would allergy sufferers like me no longer suffer? I certainly think so! The only problem here is change. People want to build and businesses want to expand. At what price would this be at? Money is obviously more important than health. We, or rather some of us, are just falling into the trap getting excited about new stores being built and provide them business. We are making our air and enviornment worse than what it is.

Take a deep breath and think... The air is not as clean as you think. We are making ourselves victims of our own society. This can all change. Are you ready to change it? I am.