Primer Día Completo en Salamanca

Dad, this hat is for you! Today was orientation at USal and it seems great. I can't wait to start my classes. This week, we don't have any of our official classes, just the one-credit practicum course. I'm taking the practicum A Foodie's Guide to Spain, which is basically a survey of all the amazing food here, what it means, and the best part is we get to try it and explore the city. This morning, I walked to the University with Rosa at 9AM and then had my food class at 11. We learned about different types of Spanish meat and the amazing selection of fresh seafood that Spain is known for. We also learned that there are certain types of meats that are practically only available in Spain... unless you're interested in paying $200/lb. at Zingerman's in Ann Arbor!

After discussing some of the food traditions in Spain, my group went out on the town to explore the cathedrals and the actual university building, which is 800 years old! Our teacher then took us out for tapas at a little place called Bambú. I got some sort of potato omelette pie thing stuffed with lettuce, tomato, some kind of sauce, topped with tuna and cheese, and served with a slice of delicious bread. I also tried sangria, which was also incredible. After tapas, I went with some friends to Vodafone to get a prepaid phone card. Luckily my old phone from the US worked with their SIM card, so I didn't have to get a new phone. My phone allows me to call and text my friends in Spain and I just have to load credit as needed. I think I can also call the US, but it uses up a lot more credit, obviously.

After I came home for lunch, which was pretty delicious. I had a sampling of some of Spain's finest meat, and delicious cherries (I'm assuming from the fruit market I saw by my apartment). After this, my friend Alli and I went for a walk and checked out some of the shopping on Toro. Looks like there's some pretty awesome stores and I can't wait to go back once the summer sales start. Literally shoe stores every other building!

Later in the evening, the entire group went out for dinner at Telepizza. I chatted with some girls and found running buddies. Tomorrow I think I'm going running with a friend before we have class at 11AM. Tomorrow should be a pretty good day. I have my food class, and then we're going out for tapas later in the evening to replace Wednesday's class. Sounds like heaven, right? I'm enjoying it. Besides this, life is good. I'm not really experiencing any jet lag, which is optimal. It's just kind of confusing since dinner happens around 9PM on average, so it kind of gives you too much energy before you have to go to sleep.

¡Mas luego!

Oh y aquí están más fotos de mi cuarto...