Salamanca and Paella con Camarones (Sin Cabezas) -- please, Hammer, don't hurt 'em!

Day 4: We Arrive in Salamanca

I am happy to report that Kim and I awoke to the alarm and had plenty of time to enjoy breakfast in the castle before leaving Porto for Spain. We headed out around 10:30am and arrived in Salamanca around 1:30pm. (We did stop at a rest stop at the Portugal/Spain border along the way, and Kim bought another bottle of the sweet white Graham's port...she is seriously mental over this port, I'm telling you! LOL)

After dropping our bags in our room at the hotel in Salamanca, we meandered over to Plaza Mayor, the big plaza/shopping area in Salamanca. Kim hit the jackpot, scoring many souvenirs and treasures for herself and her family. I mainly enjoyed the people watching. The fashions are my favorite. One common thread we have seen around here (and in Portugal as well) are the MC Hammer-style pants of the early nineties. It is crazy how many people are wearing them (especially given the fact that they are flattering on next to nobody). Please reference the photo of Kim in front of a store selling a very minimalistic pair of these gems...good stuff, my friends, good stuff...

Anyway, Kim had plenty of opportunities to make her "Kim face" when watching these and other folks at the Plaza, and I enjoyed messing with her for doing so. We stopped back by our hotel to drop off Kim's treasures, and then headed back o Plaza Mayor for some dinner. We ate at a restaurant right in the middle of everything, and the food was amazing. We had an octopus/potato appetizer, along with a fried provolone appetizer, then moved on to a wonderful paella de mariscos (seafood paella). After her ordeal in Porto, Kim asked the waiter to make sure the kitchen would cook it WITHOUT leaving the shrimp heads on so that she could enjoy her food without it staring back at her. We had a lovely bottle of wine, and a few after dinner sherries, then headed back to the hotel around 1:00 am.

Tomorrow we shove off for Valladolid and seeing Thai and Maria. I am so excited! It is going to be a great time. And if I didn't already feel like a princess staying in the castle in Porto, we are staying in a palace in Valladolid. AaaHhh...it is all about my princess vacation of castles, palaces, and wine.  Please, Hammer...don't hurt 'em! 

Da...Nuh, nuh, nuh....nuh, nuh.....nuh, nuh...you cant touch this!