to celebrate the end of the first quarter, we spent friday visiting loarre and bolea. the first part of our excursion was in bolea, huesca visiting la colegiata de santa maría la mayor. la colegiata is a beautiful, gothic collegiate church that was constructed in 1571. next we ventured to a fortress, castillo de loarre. built during the 11th and 12th centuries, it was of strategic importance due to its position on the frontier between christian and muslim lands. it was our first trip during which we were required to only speak spanish, well that was the plan anyway.