Alberca

After visiting La Peña de Francia on Saturday, we drove to Alberca, a nearby village. My host mother had told me she thought that the houses were very cute and that it was quite "lovely". Upon arriving, Alberca is very reminiscent of a German village- everybody in my group who has been to Leavenworth said it reminded them of that.

The temperatures were already starting to get pretty warm. Being at the top of a mountain had been a nice break from the hot weather, but Alberca seems to be back down on the plains. After wandering through some cobbled streets (and spying this old man), we finally found our way to the church.

This cathedral was very renaissance. There was a lot of detail and gold filigree everywhere.






By the time we finished looking at the inside of the cathedral, we were all very hungry, so we all pulled out our packed lunches and sat on the steps in the shade to eat.

After eating, we walked to the Plaza Mayor of Alberca. Their square had lots of German buildings with lots of flowers.



Iberian ham is a very popular thing in the Salamanca region. As we were walking around through the streets looking at tourist shops, we spotted this ham shop.

We also walked by a bakery that smelled amazing. I spied a pile of sweets stacked up as well as a glass case full of amazing things. I managed to resist the temptation though.


As the hot weather continued and we had seen almost everything to see, we headed back to wait for the bus to go to our last stop for the day- Ciudad de Rodrigo (next blog).