SALAMANCA.

Last Saturday we went to Salamanca just for Saturday night because we had our excursion to Aranjuez/Escorial on Friday. We felt like traveling and had already spent Friday night in Toledo. Salamanca is a university town with a Plaza Mayor (above) that looked exactly like the one in Madrid. We had lunch in the Plaza, the menu del dia. We had paella first that had mussels, shrimp, some kind of fish and rice, of course. I am coming around the fish and tried the mussels but it still tasted a little too fishy for me (and salty from all the fish). I think the paella in Valencia was better (and that time it had rabbit and snail, which I tried). Then we had eggs, ham and french fries. It also came with wine as the drink and the waiter gave us two bottles (there were 5 of us) so we finished lunch and sat there for about 2 hours finishing the wine and talking. We took a nap and then got ready because as Mercedes told me, Toledo has "mucha marcha." The next day we got Doner Kabeb, my new favorite! I think the man opened his restaurant just for us because he was watching our disappointed faces through the window when we couldn't open his door. Again, we sat around in the Doner Kabeb until we got back on the bus. This was probably the worst bus ride ever-it was only supposed to be 3 hours and ended up being like 5 because we took the non-express route because it was cheaper but then we hit traffic and there was an accident because it started snowing. There was a good few inches of snow that we drove through but we were higher up in the mountains but it was so pretty-all the mountains covered in snow. i almost miss the snow here. it is cold, but there is nothing really to show for it. but despite the bus ride home, it was nice to get away for the weekend from Toledo and experience a different part of Spain-if only for one night.