Day two in Salamanca was a good time. Addy had class in the morning, which worked out perfectly for us. Since we’re already half way through the big trip (where did that time go?), it was time to do laundry. So, for the morning, we did laundry and caught up completely with the blogging.
Before we get into the events of the day, let me show you the hostel room we’ve been staying in:
Pretty nice, huh? Well, not really, but it’s cheap and gets the job done. It even has a bathroom with what we’ve decided to call a “butt sink”.
The butt sink can be used to either sink your butt or store your tablet while it changes because the only other outlets in the room are too high (yes high) for the cord or are really sketchy.
After laundry was completed, we had a little time so we ran down to the grocery store to grab some food. One thing that’s famous in Salamanca (even though the locals aren’t into it so much) are full pork legs. Like, the entire shoulder, leg, and hoof from a pig. They cure them, then sell the whole thing in stores.
On the way back from the grocery store, we got to see another Salamanca cleaning device. This time it was a little cart with a big vacuum hose the driver could control to suck up junk.
He’s not sucking the junk out of the trash can, he’s just getting something off the ground next to it.
We had our lunch, then met Addy. She had some time before a meeting, so we tried to get churros. Churros are like donut sticks that you dip in chocolate. The place we went to was closer for siesta though. Oh, crazy thing. Stuff closes from like 3 to 7 in the afternoon for siesta. Everyone basically goes home and takes a nap. It’s kinda necessary though because the culture is that you don’t have dinner until 9PM or later, then stay up all night!
Our churro failure left us depressed, but a drink and some Internetting in the main square made us feel right as rain! Pretty soon though, Addy had to go to a group meeting. We went back to the hostel to get our laptop, then returned to the square when we were planning to meet. Turns out that the tour guide for the group went a little too long, so we didn’t actually meet Addy until an hour later! That was fine by us though. People watching is entertaining. Also, the babies kept looking at me. Little weirdos.
Once Addy arrived, we tried churros again, this time with success! They were tasty. We didn’t have long though because Addy had to get to class. She left, then we walked around a bit and hit the grocery store for some supper foods. Before we knew it it was time to meet Addy again, so we headed down to the now lit up square.
We decided to try tapas – which is basically a tiny bit of any sort of food. They have these places called tapas bars (that when pronounced sound a lot like another kind of less reputable bar) that serve you these little snacks bar style. You walk up to the bar, order your drink and little food, then you can go sit down. That’s just what we did, and it was very nice.
After our snack, we walked down a side street for a bit. It wasn’t too interesting, but it did give us a chance to see the illuminated cross walks.
We returned to the main square and sat around chatting for a while.
It was getting late, so we walked back to where our paths diverged, we said goodbye to Addy (even though we’ll probably see her in the States in three weeks), and we all went to bed. It was a really good time in Spain. We’re super glad we came over. Seeing Addy was great and we got to experience Spanish culture and climate. The days are weird in that they’re pretty cool at night/morning, then they get fairly hot during the day. But it’s the kind of hot where if you get in the shade it’s comfortable again. It’s just been a fun couple days.
Tomorrow (today actually, since I’m writing this on Wednesday), we head back to Madrid, then fly to London. We’ll see how well that goes!
That is very daring putting your tablet in the but sink. I would be worried about the water either dripping or somehow turning on.
Yeah, we’re daring like that!