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Salamanca Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Salamanca, Spain and Canary Islands
Beautiful town, no so beautiful food,..
This is a top pick! ... was not going to happen. We concluded that the Castle was at its prettiest on the outside anyways, so we made our way back and decided to head for Salamanca, our next stop of this trip. When we got out of the town we made a quick stop for a sanitary ...
The oldest college town in Spain
This is a top pick! ... of the University - or rather I overheard a tour group and then showed Chad. And by the end, two people really just care about eating and sleeping. I finally had paella for dinner which was great. And we had a real hotel room with a real bed and ...
Avila, Salamanca and onward to Portugal
This is a top pick! Our InterRail ticket became valid on April 9th and we decided to stop off at Avila on our way to Salamanca. Avila is a walled city and is where St. Teresa was born. It is worth spending a couple of hours here, but it is best seen from afar. We walked to ...
Salamanca - University Town.
This is a top pick! This is a famous university town of Spain and the university is recognized all around Europe as being one of the best. The uni students have a ritual after exams end of painting slogans with stencils on buildings around town with BULL´S BLOOD! Yes ...
Seductive With Real Refinement*
... large number of medieval religious as well as academic buildings and its “Plaza Mayor” considered to be the finest in Spain, Salamanca also attracts a large number of tourists. A small word of caution though: it is helpful if you learn at ...
Spring Break / Birthday
... , I only had to endure a whole TWO DAYS of classes before another weekend getaway - this time, A LA PLAYA! Tenerife, Canary Islands. Aka paradise, and possibly my favorite place ever. How could it not be? -- Hostel two blocks from the beach, the cutest ...
Salamanca
Just arrived in Salamanca today. Taking a wee break from cycling here. I,ll get the craic up hopefully tomorrow. The washing is nearly done. Clean clothes ...
Worths visiting again...
... , we managed to get it ordered by a Spanish fuel station owner with his no-English and our no-Spanish :) After our first paella in Spain ( and of course vino blanco ;) ), it was time to hit the road again... This time the target is Portugal ! ...
Making it to Spain
... . The program director and professor-in-residence drove what turned out to be six students who had run into traveling troubles to Salamanca, and I met my host madre, Mabel, around 10pm Friday night. After a grilled turkey and cheese sandwich and a shower, ...
Salamanca today
... ;coffee with a bit extra added to the price. We chose inside an atmospheric cafe instead. Salamanca is a university town, and its university is one of the oldest in the world. Everywhere are university buildings. There are ...
Classes - sigh
... ), I actually get it, the whole world will know because there will be this incredible sound of orgasmic adulation emanating for somewhere in spain/tanzania/wherever i happen to be. So, once the sounds of NC-17 satisfaction reach your ears - I´ve actually ...
Drag Show at the Bull Fight!
... my complimentary sangeria. For the record, still don't like it. The next morning we packed up our lives again and boarded a bus to Salamanca, Spain. First country down! Salamanca is beautiful. We walked the streets our first night and ended ...
Chupitos
... . Ended up going to a chupiteria last week where one of the welsh guys offered to buy me a chupito as a welcome to salamanca. I ordered the chupito de casa - which happens to be the most lacking in testosterone chupito possible. Basically a wafer cone ...
Star-Gazing: Tonight's Vantage Point Premiere
... in Salamanca right now, nothing could be cooler than running into the premiere for a Hollywood movie that takes place in Salamanca, Spain, which is exactly what I did tonight. The excitement of Hollywood hit ...
Impromptu Entry
... I'm having. I feel blessed a little more each day :) So, the plans? This weekend a few of the girls and I spontaneously planned a weekend trip to Lisbon, Portugal (the capital). It sounds all great and everything, but planning it was hard ...
Latex Gloves and Strippers
... mornings - we didn't bother paying the 3 Euros to enter. We walked back to the aparthotel to finish packing up and checkout before noon - a great thing about Spain is that there is never a rush to wake up early and vacate the building before 10 AM. Given ...
School? Forgot about that!
With all the hype of Salamanca, I completely forgot that the main reason for being here is school. Woops! Yesterday, we took our placement exams and got our class schedules for today. Books are free - yes, I know. Americans, like myself, cannot comprehend ...
Salamanca
... through the language program. It should be a blast, and my Spanish is becoming ever less creaky. Moral: if you´re ever in spain and have problems finding a hostal, don´t be retarded like me and walk around the whole city. Just go to the tourist ...
Halfway There
... go by so quickly because we're always busy with classes or traveling. So, how am I feeling after living in Spain for almost two months, and traveling to different countries? I couldn't feel more blessed. I've been nostalgic about my short time here, and ...
Salamanca
... of the Cathedral than when you just enter the main hall. Salamanca is probably worth visitng just for that! Salamanca was the coldest place we've been to in Spain so far though. We had to switch to our warmer jackets and sought out the sun during the day ...
Estamos en Salamanca
... ). Obviously, we have a highly sophisticated appreciation for art and are cultured as hell. Now, we are in Salamanca. The temperature is much more fresco (mild), which is a nice change. It is also a smaller city, which is ...
Just stayed in my first hostel!
I ended up taking a train from Lisbon to Salamanca yesterday and shared a car with three guys on their way back home. (The ones from England and Switzerland were staying in Paris and the one from India was staying in Barcelona.) They were extremely nice ...
It's cold :(
... day in class if I don't get some stuff to wear. I guess I'll at least have a nicer, dressy coat when I get back to the states. Nothing much to update. I uploaded a few more pictures from Salamanca that didn't fit onto the last entry. ...
Weekend Exursion to Salamanca
... we all had a very filling breakfast before taking the official tour of the Plaza Mayor (largest in Spain), the Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca (former seminary- now a very expensive private university), the main cathedral, and finally the campus of ...
Spain is Old
... an ancient aqueduct that dates back to 1 AD. The U.S. is such a babe compared to Spain! And this realization keeps reaffirming itself as I walk Salamanca's streets. Narrow alleys, massive stone buildings, the ornate cathedral, peepholes in stone walls, ...
A Typical Week for the Spanish Version of Me
... night is for going out. Saturday* Return home around 5am. Sleep in. Enjoy the sunshine and the scenery of Salamanca, often from our apartment's terrace. Take a walk or a jog. Go out Saturday night. Sunday* ...
The excuse of the course on volcanoes...
... , with long discussions after each session between us about what we had heard. The people from the Universidad of Salamanca treated us very well. And the campus was beautiful as well... In fact, it was a pity to leave... ...