Last stop Salamanca, then back to Madrid!

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We have to go back to Madrid, Spain to return this beloved TT and to catch our flight back to Frankfurt. We add one more stop to our driving vacation; one-night stop at Salamanca, Spain. As we cross the ancient Roman Bridge and enter the University campus, our spirit of adventure wakes up. Founded in 1218, University of Salamanca is the oldest university in Spain. The city itself was founded in the pre-Ancient Roman time.

Today, Salamanca is youthful and un-touristy. The Flamboyant Gothic university buildings are definite eye candies displaying mighty monuments and clusters of cloisters with pride. The ornately decoration on many building walls are known as Plateresque. The minute intricacy of masonry is comparable to silverwork. Getting lost here is the best way to soak Salamanca’s beauty and experience the relaxing effect on the soul.

Looking for tapas, we head to Plaza Mayor. This plaza and the buildings along the perimeter with hundreds of Spanish windows and balconies were featured in Vantage Point movie starring Dennis Quaid. We sit at an open door restaurant and watch life goes by. As the moon is reaching its zenith, college students are congregating and singing around the plaza. We wait a bit more to enjoy the ambience before we drive around this mesmerizing campus to take night pictures. Our ten day driving vacation across Spain and Portugal is near to the end. The best keepsake we are bringing home is the fond memory of driving Audi across Spain and Portugal...Adios Spain and Portugal!...@driving-vacation

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