Amanda in Spain: The Girl in the Painting

Amanda in Spain: The Girl in the Painting — page 5 — and asked Leah's mom Where are we going It doesn't look like anyone lives around here We are going to Hotel Cueva Del Fraile for the night What does that mean It means the Cave of Friars It used to be a monastery explained Mrs Anderson Years ago they often built monasteries in remote areas away from other people so the friars or monks could live a life of silence and solitude I don’t think I would have liked that I like being around people too much and I like to talk We gathered that said Leah's dad with a smile Mr Anderson was an engineer who worked in dif

Amanda in Spain: The Girl in the Painting — page 6 — ferent parts of the world Often Leah and her mother travelled with him Amanda hadn't met him before this trip C Why does your dad have a different accent than you and your mom Amanda loved to listen to Leah and her mom speak with their crisp British accent Every word pronounced clearly Oh that's because he comes from Glasgow That's in Scotland you know and they speak funny there Leah laughed and ducked as her dad pre tended to smack her You'll have a wee kick around the backside if you're not careful lassie he said making his Scot tish accent more pronounced They arrived at the Cave of Friars in the dark so the outside wasn't very visible Inside the dark wood

Amanda in Spain: The Girl in the Painting — page 7 — covered walls made it warm cozy and just a little spooky Wow This is way cool exclaimed Amanda In the middle of the main room stood a large stone fireplace with an even larger bellows in front of it An enormous dented copper pot rested beside it Do you think they cooked their dinner in that pot asked Amanda Maybe they cooked people in it Leah's dad was such a joker

Amanda in Spain: The Girl in the Painting — page 8 — Chapter 2 The narrow dark hallway to the room Leah and Amanda shared was scary but cool It took them up and down short stairs They never knew what to expect around the many dark and creepy corners For part of the way they even walked outside along a bal cony overlooking a garden in the centre courtyard Rusty old trunks pottery jugs vases paintings and heavy wooden deacon's benches with high straight backs that didn't look very comfortable lined the

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