Spain – Day 6
Today we leave Fatima, Portugal and head to Salamonca, Spain which is about a 4 hour drive. We had to take the same toll road back and this time the toll only cost me €2.50, talk about the difference a ticket in hand can make. Pretty smooth drive all the way to the next hotel. We made a quick stop at the Portugal-Spain border for some photo opps. Thanks to Rick Steves, I now know that once you are in Europe, crossing the borders are now the same as crossing state lines. The only time you are asked for your passport is when you arrive from outside one of the 27 participating nations… or when you are checking into a hotel.
Met some wonderful folks from The UK while eating dinner around 10 pm. They convinced us to head over to Mayor Square and check out the sites. I was pleased to discover that in Spain, things don’t start up until 9 pm and last well into the morning. We left mom at the hotel, grabbed the kids, found a taxi and headed over to Mayor Square. The man I spoke with earlier was spot on. This place was packed with people everywhere. Most of them were college age as there is a university nearby.
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