Monterrey Salamanca
Azafranal, 21 Salamanca, Castile-León, 37001, Spain and Canary Islands
Travel Blogs Nearby
ISA Orientation
... lost one of my black shoes (the only semi-nice shoes i brought to Europe) in the hotel. Boo! Two hours after departing, we were in the magnificent city of Toledo. Breath-taking cliffs and cathedrals kept us awake and alert during our 3 hour walking tour of the city. Our hotel there, however far from the city it may have been, was pretty sweet. Why, you ask? It had a POOL. Spain was experiencing a heat wave at the time and the heat was unbearable. I've never ...
Finding our way to the Plaza Mayor
... tap on the shoulder, we didn't know what he was saying so our only response was simply "gracias". We feel really dumb, and nobody that speaks English is around to help us out. I think we are in dire need of some Spanish lessons.
We've finally figured out how to get to the Plaza and find our way back.
(Louisa:) The city is difficult to navigate through because all of the streets intersect so ...
Viva Espana otra vez....
... we found our way to the hotel which is about a 5 minute walk to Plaza Mayor.
The city of Salamanca is absolutely beautiful. Gorgeous and probably one of the most beautiful cities we have ever visited. The architecture, the color of the stone, it is really quite impressive.
Things to see while in Salamanca are definitely the Old and New Cathedrals. In my opinion it rivals Notre-Dame in Paris in its architecture and atmosphere and not so ...
And The Beat Goes On....List Time!
... Restaurant Madness
The whole group (minus one, plus two) ate at an Asian restaurant where we had the most difficulty trying to communicate what we wanted to eat. We were definitely lost in translation. Folks were getting frustrated and it felt like the waitress was feeling like, "Look, you're just gonna get what I give you." The highlight of the evening was when the waitress dropped a bowl of steaming, hot rice on our "guest" from Arizona. She was ...
Updates and Salamanca
... coldest weather that it has had in 30 years. Lucky us. The crazy weather is all over the news and newspapers every day, and I get a big dose of this being at the bar to eat lunch every day and having Fer have the tv on. Barcelona had SNOW on its beaches the other day, and it’s the first time in a long time that they’ve had to use snowplows in this country.
3. Our itinerary for spring break ...



