Today has been an interesting, slightly challenging day but exciting too. I have to report that our plans have changed. Instead of the beautiful Northern mountains and beaches we have decided to tackle the heat of the South of Spain. Let me tell you why. This morning we got up at 8am, after a frustrating night of trying to find places to stay in the North. We could barely find anywhere that was not booked and if we did it would have cost us more than a week's bu...

Today we didn't drag or force ourselves of bed, instead we slept until 11.15! We couldn't believe how long we slept. Maribel, host mum, gave us a big breakfast of toast, cake and biscuits. I was relieved that she didn't pour us bowl of cereal and flood it with coffee which is what she once did last time. We had a couple of hours so we walked round Salamanca again. It was great to find a viewpoint that you could climb up for free and see a view of the city. Altho...