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| eating at a terraza |
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| The Roman bridge in the morning |
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| The cathedral at sunrise |
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| Santa Paloma, patron of pigeons |
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| Los Pitufos are in town! |
Friday afternoon visit to the University. The old university is now a museum, the new campus is outside of town.
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| Friday afternoon - tour of la Universidad de Salamanca |
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| In one of the old classrooms. The university was founded in 1134. |
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| In the Claustro |
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| The Language Department |
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| La Capilla - The Chapel |
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| La Biblioteca - The Library |
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| No one is allowed in here. Some of the books are over 700 years old. |
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| A painting on the wall |
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| The university bell tower |
Saturday morning trip to Segovia:
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| On our way to Segovia! |
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| Ovejas |
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| We're here! |
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| "La Casa de los Picos" |
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| That's a deep moat! |
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| climbing the castle tower |
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| On top of the Alcázar castle |
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| The towers of the Alcázar ("fortress" in Arabic) |
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| Going down |
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| Getting a tour of the castle |
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| The thrones of Fernando & Isabel |
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| Santiago Matamoros - St. James, patron of Spain |
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| The castle garrison |
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| Dining at el Mesón de Cándido next to the aqueduct |
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| Cocinillo asado...a Segovian specialty |
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| This little piggy went to market. |
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| Postre - dessert |
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| The Roman aqueduct was built in the 1st century, without any mortar. It has 20,400 granite blocks |
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| Holding it up! |
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| This is the lower section of the aqueduct. |
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| Passing by the walled city of Ávila |
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| Es hora de ir a casa! |
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