Hotel Vincci Ciudad De Salamanca

... the bus station is literally across the city so the metro alone took me almost 45 minutes. Regardless I arrived at the station just fine, bought a ticket and waited for my bus. Katherine and Chris (another friend from Wake, studying here in Madrid) decided to take an earlier bus to Salamanca so I spent the bus ride listening to my iPod and gazing out the window...at nothing. Literally there is nothing between Madrid and Salamanca except praries (is that ...

... 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 ...

... places. My memory fails me. The night mostly consisted of me getting free drinks from everyone I talked to...which seemed odd since 21 isn't that important overseas.<br><br>Friday morning we had one class at 11. It was a little rough. Luckily it was only an hour. After a nap, I took a walk and checked out the university of Valladolid. The campus is absolutely gorgeous. There are some really old, ornate churches with incredible ...

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>

... eating my breakfast and then for them it was off for a very long siesta and for me (after sorting an error in the bill) a very long day in the saddle. I hit the road before 8 am and made good progress before feeling a few spits of rain. I put on my waterproof jacket and as fate would have it just a few kilometres later the sun broke through and once again I found myself being cooked. So off came the jacket and I continued my climb out of the ...

... spanish fools, don't get me wrong, I sound like a 3 year old, but I'm opening my mouth. Good news for me. Quickly: placement test very early this morning, I placed the second highest spanish level. Then just had my first class, the European Union, and am soon to go to Politics of Current Spain. Then dinner at 10pm. That's right folks...10. and that's EARLY for Spaniards. Yikes for my Snyder stomach. More to come y hasta luego!!!!!!!!

... use it often. My roommate and I walked almost everywhere. We did ride a bus once when we went to the Sunday morning rastro, or flea market.<br><br>Of all the cities we traveled to, Salamanca seemed to be the one where English was the least widely-spoken. Before traveling to Salamanca, it is almost imperative to have basic knowledge of Spanish as as well as a good English-Spanish/Spanish-English dictionary.<br><br>-------------------- --------------------<br><br>During ...

... people in her home by doing these things, along with others. Well, today's menu consisted of: Tortilla de Arroz (Spanish Rice Tortilla, for her son to take home with him), Paella (traditional Spanish rice dish with saffron), Salad (self-explanatory), and San Jacobos (Slices of pork loin breaded with cheese in the center). I was really excited about what she had planned to cook today because especially the tortilla de arroz and the paella ...

... For instance, the has a turtleneck with big, swoopy red and white and black shapes all over it and right across her chest are the words, in English red print, "Move Your Eyes." Don´t mess with Carmen. She asked me if I was going tomorrow night and I didn´t know how to say, "Hell, yes!" in Spanish. So I just said, "Sí´." Today, I shared the elevator with two men in my building. They aked me what floor I lived on and I told them, "Tres." One of them ...

... it also extends to the food and even vocabulary. One of the best tapas (which they call pinchos here) are a couple pork ribs... so good!! At the last minute I found a host with HC (www.hospitalityclub.org,) which was a good thing cause all the hostels were booked for the puente (long weekend.) He had to work some but he showed me an awesome time at night, going out for pinchos and drinks. The biggest difference between Sevilla and Salamanca is the ...