Salamanca, Spain to Madrid, Spain

We left our luxurious hostel at eleven am and headed to a café for breakfast.

After this we did the second walking tour of the town, from the tourist map. Our first stop was Casa de las Conchas, a 15th century mansion, with its inner staircase and patio being the highlights, with a blend of Moorish, Gothic and Italian design. Most of the other sights were closed, but we walked south to the Rio Torres, which is crossed by Puente Romano, a bridge well over 500 years old. Also, down by the river, was a local market, which we took our time strolling through.

We walked back up into town and had lunch at a café near Salamanca University.

After lunch we, we walked out to Campo de San Francisco, a park, where we read and wrote in diaries to kill time.

We walked back to Plaza Mayor to go to the internet café to email for a quick half hour.

We then returned to the hostel, picked up our backpacks, and walked over to the Eurobus pick up, where we had to wait an hour before the bus arrived. We departed Salamanca at eight pm and stopped only once in our three-hour drive to Madrid. We went straight up to Hotel Josephina again, to find Roberta’s Spanish had worked and we have a room for the next two nights. Before going to bed we ducked downstairs to Burger King for a quick bite as a late dinner.