Hotel Recoletos Coco Salamanca

... Wake Forest students for the night and get to hear what their lives are like in Salamanca. 4 of my sorority sisters are actually on the program so it was nice to catch up with them and hear how their semesters are going. It was interesting to note both the similarities and differences I discovered between my experience in Madrid and the experiences of those in Salamanca. Every Wake Forest student in Salamanca is required to do a homestay just like I am doing ...

... I went out and dropped 50 euros on a nice, warm jacket (peacoat) for later. I'm still thinking I'm going to need something to put over my clothes during October. I want to find...errr...it's called a vestido larga here. I don't know the english word but it looks like this: http://media.kohls.com.edgesuite.net/is /image/kohls/495552_Bordeaux?wid=230 ...

I'm officially legal all over the world! Any worries that the 21st wouldn't be as much of a blow out over here were quickly put to rest. It was very very similar to what I imagine the US would be like.<br><br>Thursday night (9/10) I went out to dinner with friends from the university. A lot of stuff was closed because of the festivals, but we did manage to find a really really good pizza place. I had a pizza with cheese, tomato ...

Salamanca go in the morning for some siteseeing on salamanca. Hang out in square. See Church. Look for frog. Lunch on the steps. Naps and pool for the afternoon. Sue stays with kids and Ev, Julie and Tom Listen to music on the square drinking beers. 13.50 for 4 beers, coffee, and drink. Not in Switzerland any more.<br><br>           <br>

... at the skill of the builders or rather perhaps the slaves who built it for the Romans who designed it. After Segovia we moved through a high relatively flat area to the town of Avila. A number of our tourists found the air thin and hard to breathe, an indicator that we were well above sea level. Avila is famous for its medieval wall. This encompasses the whole of the old town, was built in the 11th century by Christians while fighting ...

... suited to "entertain" the royals and nobility. A stone throw's away from PUC church is the Casa de Las Conchas (House of Shells). A beautiful building decorated with hundres of stone shells on the façade. Finally, at the end of calle Rua lies the Plaza Mayor. A beautiful grand squrae with over 270 balcony windows that function as the prefecture, student housing, and restaurants. Salamanca has many, many other beautiful sights and attractions. It is ...

My arrival in Salamanca was much different from those of Madrid and Toledo. I still had the excitement, but overpowering the excitement were nerves. My hands and legs were shaking with angst on the entire bus ride to Salamanca. As soon as we arrived, we each met our host family--the Spanish-only speaking family that my roommate and I would be living with for two weeks. Next, we went to their home--a third story flat about a 5 minute car ride from the plaza mayor. Their ...

... day was devoted to Gaudi visiting La Pedrera, Park Guell and La Sagrada Familia. The church was amazing and surrounded by cranes for construction still being done internally and externally. I was really surprised to see how much work remains before its finished (started in 1882) but can now say that I've contributed to its builing via my 8 Euro entry fee! After a full day of seeing Gaudi's work I found I really enjoyed the style, color and ...

... first Dali film reminds me of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Maybe only because they both play with surrealism or maybe something else. I´ll have to rewatch both of them. Today, my friend Claire and I went to a flea market by the river and then stopped at a café on the way back for some coffee. Neither of us really found anything at the flea market but it was fun to hang out. We´re meeting again later for more coffee and homework. I have a ton to do ...

... tombs of holy people. It never ceases to amaze me how many hundreds and hundreds of people are buried at the sites of these ancient cathedrals. The towers were cool to climb (frighteningly narrow steps for a freak like me - photo) and the views were a bit awkward. So, being be, I decided to have fun taking silly random shots of myself hanging out on the top of the cathedral with the gargoyles (photo). That's when I realized my error of sleeping in. I was rapidly ...