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Hitting the Rails to Salamanca

Day 4 – Hitting the rails to rails to Salamanca!

Good morning everyone eleven again. Today we head for the heart of Old Castilla y León. I will be there for a few days before heading to Madrid. Might even have enough time to do a reel to 2 let’s see how we get on.

Back to blogging after me and Terry saw each other off and the evening siesta was done I headed out for some grub and a few beers. The night was mostly uneventful until I got back to the same bar we finished at the night before.

This was quite interesting as the bar girl was actually American and had lived in Santander for 2 years – managed to get here via doing the TEFL (teach English as foreign language) route although she wasn’t teaching for the moment. Interesting thought as I had considered doing this back when the concept of this trip first showed up back in 2020 and probably would have done so had the Stronk Chinese empire not had other plans for us all 🦠. Remember kids if all else fails this is always an option in the modern world!

Anyways back to her she had been through quite a few countries in Latin America that I’ll be heading to and said she didn’t feel unsafe when she was there which is a good sign I think as she will be passing through quite a few of the same cities when she arrives. It wasn’t busy so we chatted some more in between her serving people and exchanged details before I left. Was not a late one it’s quite an early start for the train to Salamanca this morning.

This morning was up and running right on cue and down to the station ready to get rolling. I am writing this one just on board the train. It is a slow train that stops off in quite a few places. Will let you know if we see anything interesting on the way down. 

Just to end this one I have to say I Enjoyed Santander and recommend it for a visit to Northern Spain. It has a very classy and up market vibe about it and it shows in the locals – everyone looks and dresses smart. No piss stained joggers round here! Plenty to do here too but need more time.

Anyways see you later for now!