Saturday in Salamanca

Here is the front entrance to the University. It is the oldest University in Spain. It was built in the 1200's. Columbus came here to learn some travel tips before leaving for America. For over 400 years, this University was one of the most prestigious in Europe. Today, it is not that well known except for American's who come to Spain for summer exchanges.
The streets are quite charming. We loved walking them and looking in the shops.
Believe it or not, we found Earnest Hemmingway and had lunch with him... Actually, his name is Ed and is an American living in Spain. We began a conversation with him and then he took us on a short tour of Salamanca. Plaza Mayor, here in Salamanca, is considered the finest Plaza in Spain. It is large, beautiful and very relaxing.

I have learned to love the Spanish hot coco and a churrio. The hot coco, is hot chocolate pudding, thick and rich and the churrio is similar to churrio's at Cost-co but not sweet. You dip the churrio in the chocolate and eat it. On cold days (our weather has turned cold, which we understand is very odd this time of year) such as we have had, hot chocolate and a churrio is perfect.
Not far from the Plaza was this park with vendors from different parts of Spain selling their wears... It was fun to look at but there would be no way to get this stuff home..