Spain

Sabrina and I headed off to Salamanca early Friday morning after spending the night in Madrid. Salamanca is famous for its cathedral and buildings that look like they were made out of golden sand. It's fun to walk around and explore a different type of city compared to a German city. Sure there are churches and museums, connected with cobblestones, but the architecture, geography and history is completely different.

We explored Salamanca for the day, chilling in a park to take a break and watch Portuguese boy scouts play leap frog. That night we couch surfed at a 5 person apartment, going out with a couple of them to see the city at night. The Plaza Mayor was full of people in the day, including two large women sunbathing which attracted lots of attention and laughs from everyone. At night it was also full of people, eating at cafes, relaxing and dancing. We had hamburgers from a take away place which were out of this world. My first real hamburger since coming to Europe, and it was unbelievable.

Saturday we were back on the bus back to Madrid, to go back to our friend's place there, shower and explore Madrid. The architecture in Madrid was on the bland side, with the main buildings other than the Plaza Mayor not having anything special to them. Really hot, over 30 degrees, cruising the streets, tons of people, saw a mugging happen on a street corner and paid way too much for sangria at a sidewalk cafe.

I left Spain via the subway, and then taking a taxi to the aiport, getting there at 2am, waiting for my 6 am flight by sleeping a little bit before and after check-in. Once in Germany again, I luckily avoided an earlier bus that would've put me on an earlier train that had an accident in a tunnel. So after the later bus, train and then by foot, I arrived back home in Erfurt, tanned and very happy from a great trip.