7/02 Salamanca in Detail

02 July 2008 - We spent the day in Salamanca ... a university town west of Madrid in the province of Castilla y León. We focused on the beautiful Plaza Mayor, the Cathedrals, and the University (oldest in Spain). I also added a section on some food that we have been seeing - photos shown below. Sorry that there are so many pictures in today's post. I had trouble filtering them out.

The Plaza Mayor, an introductory video ... click the "play" button to view.












One of the cathedrals in Salamanca ...







The University - oldest in Spain ...



Note the frog on the skull on the left - the frog is the adopted mascot of the university.


In the hallways ...


The main stairwell ...


One of the old libraries ...


Around the campus area ...




Here is a time exposure photo taken in a very darkened room of 15th century astronmical chart ...


Some more scenes around Salamanca ...





We have enjoyed many different foods and "goodies" on the trip - here are a few photos taken in some Salamanca shop windows ... we are big marzipan and piñones (pine nut) fans ...










On the train to Salamanca, Mallorie talked to a fellow traveler - she was preparing a presentation to doctors, regarding use of the Internet to get info on Pharmaceuticals.


Some views from the train enroute to Salamanca ...



At the train station in Salamanca ...