We
visited Salamanca in 2013, and, despite missing the cathedral(s) due to a holiday closing, as well seeing the whole place lit up at night, we designated it at once as one of our favorite cities in Spain. And we resolved to come back. Strangely, the weather was cold for April 29th, nearly as cold as in January, 2010, when we bypassed Salamanca entirely. But it was sunny and dry and almost pleasant enough to eat outside.
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We camped at the Hotel Regio, a nice new hotel with a large,
well-appointed campground |
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Our day and night were spent walking around, visiting the
Plaza, the cathedral(s), the art nouveau museum, the Plaza,
the university, the art nouveau museum, and then the Plaza
again; here some Modernista in Salamanca |
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| Ditto |
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In the Plaza, said to be Spain's best--best I've seen, too--an
elephant sculpture has crash-landed |
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| Tiled balcony undersides |
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| Not sure what is going on here |
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| Moorish ground floor, Stars of David above...? |
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| Penitent figures from Holy Week as well as St. Theresa, et al. |
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| Flying buttresses |
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| Always follow the wandering minstrels, troubadors... |
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| This time to a rather largish wedding |
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| At the cathedral |
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| One of the things we love is Salamanca's traditional graphics |
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| Today's wedding |
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| Dress |
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No sooner do we round the corner than we are passed by a guy
chasing a motorcycle cop |
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| Today's 10k |
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| Among many beautiful parks |
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| The Casa Conchas under renovation |
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| City wall remnant |
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| Poet's Corner, as it were; monument to Spain's poets in a park |
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| It was cold enough to be thinking along these lines |
1 comment:
I always look for your wedding photos.
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