Saturday, August 17, 2013

11 agosta 2013: Madrid to Salamanca


DOMINGO
Filling the car up with gas before the drive to Salamanca.
Sunflowers.
Taking a short stop to stretch our legs. Airplane. Scabiosa flower.
Approaching Salamanca. Parked the car.
Arrive at the hostel.
Plaza Mayor.
Salamanca manhole cover. Salamanca became a World Heritage Site in 1988.
Flyers for available apartments. Bicycle path.
Campus Universitario Miguel de Unamuno.
La ClerecĂ­a.
Casa de las Conchas, currently houses the public library was completed in 1517 and has over 300 shells of the order of Santiago.
Convento de San Esteban, a Dominican monastery.
Art Nouveau and Art Deco Museum. Tormes River.
Roman bridge on the left.
The sun hitting the elaborate facade of the University of Salamanca, founded in 1218, it is the oldest university in Spain and fourth oldest in Europe.
Place Mayor at night.
A timer for a stop light telling drivers how many seconds they have to wait before the light changes. It is 11:18pm and temperature has dropped to 29°C (84°F).