Salamanca

4/5th September

Santo Domingo was a bit quiet really. A lack of a bar or restaurant meant that out evening meal had been a couple of uninspiring raciones at the hotel. The breakfast also turned out to be pretty basic, but we'd had a good nights sleep at least and the sun was shining.

The twisty road to Aranda de Duero was great. The run from there to Valladolid was okay also. Well surfaced roads and no traffic.

We avoided the centre of Valladolid (a city seemingly in isolation) and skirted onto the A62 autovia towards Salamanca. We didn't stay on it for long though, dropping off onto the parallel N620 at Tordesillas. This is the old main road and is in good order. We saw about 6 other vehicles on it in 40 miles!

We got to our digs early, about 3pm. Fortunately there was no problem checking in to the rural Hotel La Plazuela in Aldealengua, about 9km east of the centre of Salamanca. A very nice room (just as well as we're here for the next 2 days), but the transport links into Salamanca proved to be useless (trains only run twice - early morning & buses 3 times a day), so we ended up taking the bike into the city & stripping our gear off at the roadside. Fortunately, the Spanish are good at providing 'Moto Solo' parking everywhere!

Salamanca is vibrant & full of interesting architecture. We had a very pleasant time wandering through its streets and along the River Tormes.

By the end of the day in Saturday 5th; we'd walked all round the old city, had a beer or two, had a disappointing Paella, a decent coffee & ice cream, coloured our hair (Shirl), had biscuits for tea and, finished the night in the only bar (in Aldealengua) with several more beers and 2 large Anis, whilst being entertained by locals. Magnificent!

 

 

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