(Salamanca, 10/07/11)

(Salamanca, 10/07/11)

Puente de Enrique Esteban.

(Firenze, 08/23/11)

We saw many statues in Florence--Perseus/Medusa, fake David, etc., but Poseidon was the best.

Wikipedia calls it Neptune. I prefer my own reality.

(San Sebastian, 10/15/11)

These trees lined the waterfront park in the old part of San Sebastian. From far away, they look like an impressionist painting. Up close, they look like any old coniferous tree but they feel silky.

(Salamanca, 12/09/11)

Plaza Mayor and the moon. The Plaza was hardly ever vacant. In the wee hours of the morning (madrugada, as they say), the cleaning crews come in to keep up the tidy appearance so that students like me could sit on the ground. 

The most difficult aspect of talking to Spanish people isn't the vocabulary, necessarily, but the cultural differences. 

For example, I use "creepy" and "awkward" very often, it turns out. These words don't exist in Spanish, and I've failed to explain either one adequately. 

Just so you know

I'm not posting until I get back to America (December 17th ish). To better enjoy my time in Salamanca, and all that.