Hello all!
Tonight we had our pre-departure orientation at CCSU, and we started talking about the opportunities that we would be having in Salamanca and Espana, which was exciting. A few days ago I bought a new Spain travel guide book, so I've been reading up on Salamanca and the region. Salamanca is supposed to be a beautiful city, and one of the top things to do there is to sit in the Plaza Mayor at a little cafe and just take in the scenery. I'm also really looking forward to traveling to the northern region of Spain, Galicia, which has a beautiful rocky coastline and a unique culture.
La Universidad de Salamanca also organizes a lot of excursions, both day and weekend trips, which I'm looking forward to. I also found out that on Sundays the Prado and the Reina Sofia are completely free, so I'll also definitely have to do a Sunday or two in Madrid! I'm looking forward to being in the area and having my own time agenda. I'm not familiar with Salamanca yet, but everyone who's been loves it, and Madrid is two and a half hours away, so I'll probably do a weekend there. Every time I've been to Madrid I always feel pleasantly surprised, and this is my first summertime trip to Spain.
My first trip to Spain was April, 2000 with my high school, and that's a whirlwind memory because we went to so many cities in 10 days, it was really just a taste of the country. We went to Barcelona, Madrid, Toledo, Sevilla, Cordoba, and Granada...which are all lovely cities, but was so quick that it was hard to take it all in. Then, in the spring semester of 2006, I lived in Granada for 4 months, and I traveled throughout a good part of Spain, including Sevilla, Cordoba, Gibraltar (which is actually part of Britain!), Valencia during Las Fallas (a crazy fire festival!), Barcelona, Madrid, Marbella, a good portion of Andalusia, and other places.
Thanks for reading, and I'm looking forward to posting on a regular basis while I'm living in Salamanca!!
