Date: Monday 14th April
Staying: Ruta De La Plata – Salamanca, Spain
Distance Travelled: 0 Miles
Song of the day: Yeah - Usher
When we were planning where we would be going on this trip, we used a book titled ‘1000 places to see before you die’; quite morbid really. They could have named it ‘1000 places to see during your life’; it doesn’t have the same finality, the same sense of foreboding – ‘You must see these or you will be punished in the afterlife’.
We used this as guide really, to make sure that we were going to see everything we should in the places we were going. What we didn’t expect was to come across a place listed, in a city we never intended on visiting. The ‘Plaza Mayor’ in Salamanca is a stunning place. Surrounded by centuries old buildings and bathed in glorious sunshine, I see why it was listed.
Salamanca was just going to be a stop on the 650km drive to Madrid. Instead we stayed for a couple of nights and enjoyed what is a beautiful city. The Cathedral (we love all sorts of churches) was incredibly ornate and detailed on the outside, although the inside was a bit of a let down. All the chapels were fenced off, as were most of the other interesting bits. The rest of the old town was built out of the same stone (Sandstone I think) and was immaculate in its presentation and very photogenic (good for me).
And to top this place off (so much better than Porto), we saw an amazing sunset on our last night there (see photo above), which of course I spent a lot of time photographing. Quite impressed.
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