Salamanca and Segovia
I spent el Puente en Salamanca (Thursday and Friday) and Segovia (Saturday). I only now have had a chance to actually document the trip, because of a fairly large project due in our history class.
Salamanca was amazing. It was and still is the university town of Spain. We visited everything, including three museums, two cathedrals, a convent, a roman bridge and the university. There was a really great self led tour of the towers of the new cathedral (Salamanca has two!), and we had a chance to see the amazing landscape of the city and the various landmarks. The unviersity has an amazing entryway, covered in sculptures. I could go on, but basically Salamanca was incredibly beautiful and has a lot of history.
We spent the night in Salamanca, and I had my first experience in a hostal. It was dirt cheap (12 euros), and as one might expect it was cheap and dirty. Definitely sufficient for a one night visit, but I might look for better accomodations later on. We also went to a bar called la Chupiteria, where they serve exclusively shots. It was cheap, and they had some neat drinks, for example the "cerebro", strawberry vodka with baileys. If you put the baileys in last, it looks like a brain covered in blood. Very interesting.
Segovia was a little more touristy than Salamanca, if that´s possible. Segovia is home to some very old and very famous roman aqueducts, and is also home to a very old cathedral and castle, formerly residence to the Spanish monarchs. The aqueducts were amazing simply because they were so big. Feats of engineering really aren´t the same nowadays, and it´s hard to imagine constructing a 2 mile long, 100 foot high section of aqueduct without cranes and steamrollers. The castle was so-so, but we paid an extra 1.50 to climb the tower, and ti was totally worth it. Depsite almost dying as 250 tourists attempted to both ascend and descend a one person staircase at the same time, the view was amazing. You could see the countryside for miles and the entire city of segovia. It was amazing. The cathedral was also very impressive, but I´ve seen about 8 cathedrals by now and they´re beginning to lose their effect.
Weér heading to Cordoba and Sevilla tomorrow! I´ll be spending the next four days travelling in the sout of Spain, so Hopefully ´ll come back with exciting stories and intersting scars (and no strange illnesses). Hasta luego!
Sean OUT
Salamanca was amazing. It was and still is the university town of Spain. We visited everything, including three museums, two cathedrals, a convent, a roman bridge and the university. There was a really great self led tour of the towers of the new cathedral (Salamanca has two!), and we had a chance to see the amazing landscape of the city and the various landmarks. The unviersity has an amazing entryway, covered in sculptures. I could go on, but basically Salamanca was incredibly beautiful and has a lot of history.
We spent the night in Salamanca, and I had my first experience in a hostal. It was dirt cheap (12 euros), and as one might expect it was cheap and dirty. Definitely sufficient for a one night visit, but I might look for better accomodations later on. We also went to a bar called la Chupiteria, where they serve exclusively shots. It was cheap, and they had some neat drinks, for example the "cerebro", strawberry vodka with baileys. If you put the baileys in last, it looks like a brain covered in blood. Very interesting.
Segovia was a little more touristy than Salamanca, if that´s possible. Segovia is home to some very old and very famous roman aqueducts, and is also home to a very old cathedral and castle, formerly residence to the Spanish monarchs. The aqueducts were amazing simply because they were so big. Feats of engineering really aren´t the same nowadays, and it´s hard to imagine constructing a 2 mile long, 100 foot high section of aqueduct without cranes and steamrollers. The castle was so-so, but we paid an extra 1.50 to climb the tower, and ti was totally worth it. Depsite almost dying as 250 tourists attempted to both ascend and descend a one person staircase at the same time, the view was amazing. You could see the countryside for miles and the entire city of segovia. It was amazing. The cathedral was also very impressive, but I´ve seen about 8 cathedrals by now and they´re beginning to lose their effect.
Weér heading to Cordoba and Sevilla tomorrow! I´ll be spending the next four days travelling in the sout of Spain, so Hopefully ´ll come back with exciting stories and intersting scars (and no strange illnesses). Hasta luego!
Sean OUT
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