On Tuesday we got take a tour of Oviedo and get to know the town a little bit better, Afterwards we went to the city council and into one of the government buildings. On entering a man directed me to a chair in the center next to two others that obviously meant power. Being shy I suggested that someone else take the place but he insisted so I went up there. In a representation of how the government works here we had to reenact everything and I was the mayor.

My job was to hypothetically invite an artist (Beyonce) for the town festival coming up soon. However, in order to afford her entertainment, I had to decide what to tax the city on. This was kind of a peculiar situation for me because just that morning my host had been telling me that everyone was struggling just to make it day to day and that she was not happy with how things were being run… SO, having this information prior to being put in charge of increasing taxes was interesting. Although we had fun learning how decisions are made here for the city and having the opportunity to be in such a beautiful building.