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Entry from: Salamanca, Spain
Entry Title: “Day trip to Salamanca”
Entry:
“This week I had a four-day weekend so I was determined to go on a mini getaway. I looked into Barcelona but couldn’t find any last-minute hostel availabilities, since it was Halloween weekend.
So instead my coworker Lisa and I took a day trip to Salamanca, which is about a 2 1/2 hour bus ride from Madrid. We accidently took a regular bus instead of an express bus, so it actually took us almost 4 hours to get there.
We arrived at around noon. It was pouring down rain and continued all day, but that didn’t stop us from wanting to get out and explore. Salamanca is a university city that is known for that and its gorgeous cathedrals. It was absolutely stunning! It was amazing to see 500+ year old buildings. The city had a medieval feel to it, which was really cool to experience in the rain.
We went to a café for an espresso at this cute little avant-garde place (although I can’t remember the name). The coffee was great and the played jazz music in the background. For lunch we went to Café Don Quijote, we had the menu del dia, which was a 4 course meal for 9,40€. This is pretty cheap considering it included bread, wine, water, a first and second course and dessert. That was some lunch! It’s totally Spanish to eat that much for lunch, but it was awesome.
We continued walking everywhere throughout the rest of the day. We checked out some cool museums including the original university building, the Museo Casa Lis (which has a lot of 1920’s art deco pieces and stained glass).
After 9 hours of walking around and exploring, we headed back home. I definitely want to head back to Salamanca one of this coming weekends, it’s places like this that make me realize how amazing Spain is!! If you are ever in Spain, I highly recommend visiting Salamanca.”
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Photos from this trip:
1. “Beautiful streets of Salamanca”
2. “The cute cafe”
3. “A courtyard”
4. “The original library”
5. “Statue”
6. “Clock tower”
7. “Cathedral”
8. “One of the beautiful cathedrals”
9. “Cathedral Nueva”
10. “Me”
11. “View of the city from the top”
12. “Bell tower”
13. “Another view”
14. “Cathedral vieja”
15. “Streets of Salamanca”
16. “Plaza Mayor”
17. “Plaza mayor”
18. “Part of the university”
19. “Some statue”
20. “Cityscape”
21. “The first bridge”
22. “The Museo de Casa Lis”
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