We've spent a lovely day in Salamanca. The buildings are a warm golden colour, like in Santiago de Compostelo and when combined with the autumn tones of the leaves it gives a glow to the city. We visited an amazing gallery of Art Nouveau and Art Deco. It is in a building originally built as an art deco style palace, with an exquisite stained glass ceiling. The collection includes bronzes, perfume bottles, lamps, furniture, toys and a fascinating collection of porcelain dolls.
We also wandered into a library nearby and discovered that it has an exhibition of the Civil War. Very unusual to see anything about the war or Franco. There were political posters, copies of identification cards, instructions on what to do at the bomb shelters, and two conflicting reports on how the losers would be treated. There was also a group of rooms on the Freemasons including a room set up as a lodge meeting room.
Then we wandered down to the Roman bridge. Next to it was a little plaza where guys were practising skateboarding tricks on various ramps and poles. A group had a little model they were huddling around working out angles of approach. All very scientific.
We moved on to the Cathedrals. The 'new' (16th century) and old are built next to each other. The old cathedral isn't open to the public unfortunately. The facade of the new one includes a little statue of an astronaut in it. No, they didn't go back in time; when they were restoring the facades the craftsmen added the figure as a signature. They also added a gargoyle eating an ice cream!!
Speaking of hidden statue images, the facade of the university is famous for a hidden frog on the top of a skull. Apparently the medical students are told that if they can't find the frog they will never graduate. All the gift shops are full of little frogs. You have to see the facade to realise how difficult this task actually is.
We had missed lunch so we had churros and chocolate for afternoon tea at 5, then dinner at 9:30. We are really getting into Spanish eating habits.
Photos coming. political posters, copies of identification cards, instructions on what to do at the bomb shelters, and two conflicting reports on how the losers would be treated. There was also a group of rooms on the Freemasons including a room set up as a lodge meeting room.
Then we wandered down to the Roman bridge. Next to it was a little plaza where guys were practising skateboarding tricks on various ramps and poles. A group had a little model they were huddling around working out angles of approach. All very scientific.
We moved on to the Cathedrals. The 'new' (16th century) and old are built next to each other. The old cathedral isn't open to the public unfortunately. The facade of the new one includes a little statue of an astronaut in it. No, they didn't go back in time; when they were restoring the facades the craftsmen added the figure as a signature. They also added a gargoyle eating an ice cream!!
Speaking of hidden statue images, the facade of the university is famous for a hidden frog on the top of a skull. Apparently the medical students are told that if they can't find the frog they will never graduate. All the gift shops are full of little frogs. You have to see the facade to realise how difficult this task actually is.
We had missed lunch so we had churros and chocolate for afternoon tea at 5, then dinner at 9:30. We are really getting into Spanish eating habits.
Photos coming.
We also wandered into a library nearby and discovered that it has an exhibition of the Civil War. Very unusual to see anything about the war or Franco. There were political posters, copies of identification cards, instructions on what to do at the bomb shelters, and two conflicting reports on how the losers would be treated. There was also a group of rooms on the Freemasons including a room set up as a lodge meeting room.
Then we wandered down to the Roman bridge. Next to it was a little plaza where guys were practising skateboarding tricks on various ramps and poles. A group had a little model they were huddling around working out angles of approach. All very scientific.
We moved on to the Cathedrals. The 'new' (16th century) and old are built next to each other. The old cathedral isn't open to the public unfortunately. The facade of the new one includes a little statue of an astronaut in it. No, they didn't go back in time; when they were restoring the facades the craftsmen added the figure as a signature. They also added a gargoyle eating an ice cream!!
Speaking of hidden statue images, the facade of the university is famous for a hidden frog on the top of a skull. Apparently the medical students are told that if they can't find the frog they will never graduate. All the gift shops are full of little frogs. You have to see the facade to realise how difficult this task actually is.
We had missed lunch so we had churros and chocolate for afternoon tea at 5, then dinner at 9:30. We are really getting into Spanish eating habits.
Photos coming. political posters, copies of identification cards, instructions on what to do at the bomb shelters, and two conflicting reports on how the losers would be treated. There was also a group of rooms on the Freemasons including a room set up as a lodge meeting room.
Then we wandered down to the Roman bridge. Next to it was a little plaza where guys were practising skateboarding tricks on various ramps and poles. A group had a little model they were huddling around working out angles of approach. All very scientific.
We moved on to the Cathedrals. The 'new' (16th century) and old are built next to each other. The old cathedral isn't open to the public unfortunately. The facade of the new one includes a little statue of an astronaut in it. No, they didn't go back in time; when they were restoring the facades the craftsmen added the figure as a signature. They also added a gargoyle eating an ice cream!!
Speaking of hidden statue images, the facade of the university is famous for a hidden frog on the top of a skull. Apparently the medical students are told that if they can't find the frog they will never graduate. All the gift shops are full of little frogs. You have to see the facade to realise how difficult this task actually is.
We had missed lunch so we had churros and chocolate for afternoon tea at 5, then dinner at 9:30. We are really getting into Spanish eating habits.
Photos coming.
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