Salamanca

My latest trip was to a beautiful and very old city near Madrid called Salamanca. Despite the cold weather that I'm trying to get used to, I absolutely loved it. It's charming and has a certain kind of spirit, something you can feel when you're there. My friend Diana and I stayed in a hostel in the center of the city and began our journey of seeing all the famous monuments there are to see in Salamanca. The most famous is probably Plaza Mayor. I took probably 50+ pictures of it.

Plaza Mayor

There are so many old and cool buildings in this city, it's hard to remember exactly which is which. There is also a tradition in Salamanca of finding the astronaut and the frog that are carved into two different buildings facades around the city. It took us two days to find them but we finally did!

The astronaut on the facade of the old Cathedral

The tiny frog is on the head of the skull

The nightlife in Salamanca is crazy because of the students who live there. The famous university in Salamanca makes it a popular place to study abroad or for European students, participate in Erasmus. Needless to say, it was a ton of fun. It felt like I was in college again. Sigh.

Here are some of my other favorite pictures from my trip to Salamanca:

Street art

Facade of the Cathedral

Shells on the door of the public library

Parque de los Jesuitos