SALAMANCA. (Land of frogs.)

08-Feb-2009; 14:23 MADRID

So yesterday a bunch of us hopped on a bus to go to Salamanca for the day. It wasn’t too expensive (24,35 € in the end) and the bus ride was only 3 hours. We left at 8:30am, which was very difficult considering the fact that I had to wake up at 6am on a Saturday morning to do so, and had an 8:30pm bus coming back, which I felt was a little too late because it was really cold and we got bored around 5:30pm.

When we got there, we saw the university, one of the oldest in the world. It was gorgeous, but we didn’t go inside. There was a statue there of a man who I don’t remember, but he looked very intimidating..

Nice lookin’ guy, eh?

After that we went to the courtyard that was part of the university. After being in Spain for a month I have realized not only that they are fans of courtyards but that I have become a fan of the courtyards as well. It’s just such a nice thing to have because you can just go out into the courtyard and sit and have lunch when you’re outside with the sun shining.. but it’s also enclosed so you’ve got privacy. It’s just lovely.

After that we went to the cathedral, which was quite impressive but not nearly as impressive as the one in Toledo. There were bunches of little doors, which of course I fell in love with because, well.. I’m a little person who fits into little doors.

There were little exhibitions in the cathedral as well and afterwards, we were able to go up to a high plaza type thing. It wasn’t quite the roof, but it was definitely up there. From there we could see all of Salamanca and the view was quite the sight. Andrew got scared because he’s afraid of heights so for all of you height fearing people out there.. suck it up and take it like a grown man. :D Because if you don’t, you’re going to miss all of this –

After visiting the cathedral, we realized that it was siesta and everything closed. Including the church. How can a church close? What if people want to go? Hmm? Anyway, we couldn’t see the church and the entire city kind of died so we went to a coffee bar where they made all kinds of coffee + alcohol drinks. It was really good. Andrew got this thing with coffee, whiskey and vanilla ice cream and after trying a bit I nearly died. It was soooo good. (and worth the 3,80 € that he paid for it.) When we got there it was completely empty but about half an hour after we got there, it was completely packed. Obviously, we’re the life of the party. Obviously.

Once everything opened again around 4:30pm, we went to visit the convent next to the church which cost 2 € and was kind of ehh. Them nuns have a pretty nice courtyard but that’s about it. We were pretty much done with everything around 5:30 and our bus didn’t leave again until 8:30pm.. so we ended up walking around and it was FREEZING. I feel we would’ve enjoyed our stay a bit more if it weren’t so damn cold.

Oh well. All in all, it was a good Saturday.

-Peque.