Ignacio in Salamanca

Salamanca had not originally been somewhere we had planned to visit, but as this was where we had arranged to meet Ignacio, there we were. After a bit of driving around town, we eventually selected a campsite. We had some nice neighbours there, a pair of storks nesting on a little tower.
The next morning it was cloudy and not so warm, but we decided to ride the 4km into the city, where we had arranged to meet Ignacio in the Plaza de Major. He was most impressed with Liam’s bike trailer and pleased to see us. As his home town is not far away and Salamanca is the home of his brother, so he knows the city well and made an excellent guide. It’s always better to have a local show you around, you seem to see it all in another way. For my money, Salamanca is one of the best old cities we have seen in Spain. It’s full of fantastic old buildings, palaces, courtyards and churches, all covered with intricate stone carvings. We ate lunch together and enjoyed his local information and discussions about Spain. The sun had come out by then and we enjoyed a coffee as Liam took a nap in his trailer. We said our goodbyes to Ignacio, happy to have met him in Spain and cycled back to the campervan for dinner and bed after a long day.

Plaza de Major in Salamanca

Lunch with Ignacio.

Palacio de Monterrey