Pictures of 07.23.00 -- Salamanca and on to Madrid

This was our day to drive from Zamora where we had slept last night to Madrid where we will sleep for the next 3 nights before catching the plane back to New York and on with the life we left. On the way we decided to stop in Salamanca where we were greeted by this statue ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230001 and then by this one ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230002 until we found the Plaza Mayor ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230003 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230009 where we all ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230004 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230005 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230006 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230007 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230008 had lunch. The Plaza (our first of 2 this lucky day) was so impressive that we took pictures in all directions ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230010 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230011 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230012 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230013 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230014 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230015 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230020 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230023 including the restaurant ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230017 with David still there ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230016 the postcard store ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230024 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230025 and views of Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230018 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230019 and David and Benjamin ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230021 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230022 on the plaza which was to be our first of 2 this day. We took pictures of the commerce as well including this store ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230026 that we wanted to have open, these internet cafes ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230027 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230028 and this gentleman who posed with Jane ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230029 And, of course there was the obligatory phone booth picture ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230030
The walk back to the car took us past this building ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230031 covered by shells, the remarkable cathedral ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230032 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230037 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230038 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230039 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230040 the building opposite it ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230033 and the street between the buildings ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230034 not to mention Jane, ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230035 David and Suzanne, ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230036 and the statue ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230041
Next we walked around the main building of the university ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230042 where we passed views like this ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230043 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230046 as we marched through the street of books ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230044 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230045 to see the facade of the university ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230047 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230048 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230049 overseen by this statue ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230050 Like everyone, we craned our necks ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230051 to try and find the hidden frog. When we finally did, we captured it so that others could share our experience ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230052 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230053 as you watch David and Benjamin walk off into the parking lot ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230054
After the drive to Madrid, we headed to that city's ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230056 Plaza Mayor and took pictures ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230057 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230058 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230059 in all directions while noting that this statue ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230055 of Isabella II guards the plaza. We all sat down for dinner ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230060 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230061 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230062 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230063 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230064 served by this kind gentleman ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.23.00SalamancaAndMadrid//P7230065 but were sorry that Isabella II couldn't guard us some – the cold breezes made this perhaps the coldest night in Madrid this July.