Hola!

Good Sunday morning friends and fam! It is another beautiful day here in Salamanca, and since literally nothing is open on Sundays, I have felt justified in being super lazy today. Plus I need to rest up for tomorrow because I have to once again go stand in line at 4am to finish taking care of this whole residency card thing, and then immediately afterwards report to the school that I am teaching at for a meeting in which I will find out about my schedule and whatnot! Wish me luck!

Now, although I will be walking to the government office at 4 in the morning (and naturally, my mother and other family members have repeatedly expressed concern for my safety), I have to say that I feel very safe in Salamanca. I know that bad things can happen anywhere at any time, but Salamanca is a small college town and it seems as though everyone knows everyone in town, and it really is a very safe place to be. I had to laugh out loud when in an email my mom wrote me, she warned me to be careful because she looked up on Google maps where I was staying when I first arrived and she saw that there was a lot of graffiti.

And, yes, there is a lot of graffiti here. Muchísimo. So much so that you begin to become immune to it and not really notice it anymore, and it honestly doesn’t take away from the beauty of the city. It just gives Salamanca some character. Anyway, here is some of I have shot that I either thought was interesting, poetic, or just funny.

I'll let y'all know how tomorrow goes with the residency card situation and the meeting with my school! Have a wonderful Sunday and a great week!

XOXOXO