Salamanca's Cathedral
The bus ride to Salamanca took approximately 3 hours and 40 minutes and included a 25 minute stop at a small town for which I forgot the name. The good thing is that during that time you can get off the bus and grab a coffee or something to eat at the station’s cafeteria. That is exactly what I did!!
I arrived to Salamanca on a warm and sunny afternoon. I have to admit I was very tired by then and was therefore glad to see that Salamanca was a small town that could be visited in only a couple of hours. I think the all day walks from the previous days, the getting up early in the morning and the carrying of all my stuff on my back had finally caught up with me on that day. I crossed the old part of town with its cathedral, many of the university’s buildings and museums on my way to the train station from the bus station. What I saw was a very well kept, charming and beautiful “Old Town” from every angle. I wanted to take pictures from every little street I took and from every little corner I turned. Along my walk I also stumbled into a lot of tourists with their Spain guides in their hands and others who were there as part of a big group and who were also taking lots and lots of pictures. I went straight to the train station to make sure there was a place for me to travel on the train to Madrid that night and I was also planning on leaving my bag stored somewhere in the station while I walked back (20-30 minutes) to the old part of town. When I got to the train station I found out there was no place to store my bags. It so happens that the lockers were disabled for security reasons. Since I was not willing to go back to the city center and walk all over with my backpack I just decided to stay there and wait a little bit over an hour for the next train to Madrid. I sat down at a nice coffee shop, ordered a café con leche and finished reading my book.
I arrived to Salamanca on a warm and sunny afternoon. I have to admit I was very tired by then and was therefore glad to see that Salamanca was a small town that could be visited in only a couple of hours. I think the all day walks from the previous days, the getting up early in the morning and the carrying of all my stuff on my back had finally caught up with me on that day. I crossed the old part of town with its cathedral, many of the university’s buildings and museums on my way to the train station from the bus station. What I saw was a very well kept, charming and beautiful “Old Town” from every angle. I wanted to take pictures from every little street I took and from every little corner I turned. Along my walk I also stumbled into a lot of tourists with their Spain guides in their hands and others who were there as part of a big group and who were also taking lots and lots of pictures. I went straight to the train station to make sure there was a place for me to travel on the train to Madrid that night and I was also planning on leaving my bag stored somewhere in the station while I walked back (20-30 minutes) to the old part of town. When I got to the train station I found out there was no place to store my bags. It so happens that the lockers were disabled for security reasons. Since I was not willing to go back to the city center and walk all over with my backpack I just decided to stay there and wait a little bit over an hour for the next train to Madrid. I sat down at a nice coffee shop, ordered a café con leche and finished reading my book.
I arrived to my house at 11 o’clock at night exhausted but very happy with the whole experience of traveling by myself all over the North of Spain and of having visited so many beautiful places and eager take off on my next adventure.
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