So, I can't believe that already my time in Salamanca is over. I can't believe that 5 weeks could go by so fast. The city treated me well, maybe a little to well. So for everybody out there who is going to Salamanca soon, I will leave you my list of top places to eat, drink, see and do. Enjoy...

Bars and Clubs- These were my second homes during this trip, so it is most fitting to start with them.

-Erasmus: by far my favorite bar in the city, and it wasn't even spanish. A nice beer bar with the best music played anywhere in the city, this was our favorite place to head to on the weekdays because of the awesome two for one deals they offered. Every day of the week they offer a different type of beer that is two for one, and if you go early enough, there are free pinchos!
- La Chupiteria: If you are looking for a place to go get nice a thrashed cheaply, this is the place for you. Let me explain, chupito means a shot in spanish, so La Chupiteria is a place where they only serve shots of alcohol. The shots range from .90€ to 1.30€, and they have quite a menu to choose from. The house shot is a nice girly treat of bailies and kaluha in a chocolate dipped ice cream cone with whipped cream. The 1€ absinthe shots are quite popular as well.
- Jacko's: Not my favorite by any strecht of the imagination, but worthy of a mention. All the drinks here are named after Michael Jackson songs, and the 1 Liter drink is called the "child molester." haha
- The Irish Rover: If you are looking for a generic night club where they play the same music over and over again, this place is for you. Usually doesn't fill up untill 4 or 5 in the morning.
- O'Haras: I've noticed that there is usually always some type of Irish Pub wherever you go in europe, and this is the one. Guiness and Jameson's are the house specialty, and sunday rugby and football matches were ritual for us. Good people and atmosphere for an irish place. There are also sunday night brazilian music here for free. Check it out.

-Restaurants and Tapas bars.

- Turkish Passion: definatly the place where I spent a majority of my money. They serve an awesome doner kebap for 3.50€. Ask for Alfonso, this guy has an accent like Tony Montana, but is probably one of the nicest guys you will meet in Salamanca.
- El Reloj: This Tapa bar is right in the Plaza Mayor. A beer and a tapa will cost you about a € and the people are awesome. This is a nice place to head at around 4 or 5 in the morning with munchies.
- Leonardo's: I have a deep seeded pact with myself never to eat at any type of fast food burger joint, but sometimes we have those harsh cravings for burgers. This is the place. Good cheap burgers, usually open all night too.
- Grand Shanghai: This place has some really cheap chinese food. For 2.50€ you can get an amazingly huge plate of lemon chicken, a mahau, and desert. IT is amazing how cheap the food is.
- El Mesón de Oro: This is an awesome spanish place that serves traditional Castillian cuisine. Good stuff, but more pricey, when you are a broke college student, you argue after every penny. So an expensive meal for us would be like 5€. We wouldn't be so cheap if we had the money.

Stuff you have to do-

- The Frog: There is a Salamatina legend that says if you can find the little frog on the facade of the university, you will either A: Pass all your classes without a problem, B: Return to Salamanca in the future, or my favorite, C: Have an amazing sex life while you are in Salamanca. To give you an idea of how hard it is to find the damn thing, it took me 2 weeks, and it did work, trust me. I'll give you the only hint I had, The damn frog is to the right of the Catholic Kings.
- Dia de San Blas: If you are looking to up your chances of getting mugged and humiliated by a bunch of horny old women, this is your day. It is Feb 13 I think, and it is a fun day to take your chances roaming the streets.

uhhh... thats about all i can think of. Currently I'm in london on my spring break, back at my friends house in "posh" Richmond giving my liver, and wallet a break for a while. I'll be here until Sunday, then I return for more school fun in Granada. It is quite a trip so far. Oh some more advice for you would-be travelers out there: NEVER FLY INTO STANSTED!!!! It took me 2 and a half hours to get from stansted to richmond. My day of traveling invloved me taking a train from Salamanca to Valladolid, a 17€ taxi trip from the trainstation to the airport. A ghetto Ryanair flight from Spain to Stansted, an 8£, 80 minute coach ride from Stansted to Victoria Station, and then Tube from Victoria to Richmond.
It is such a royal pain in the ass to do that when Richmond is about 15 minute tube ride from Heathrow. Think I might go play rugby with the school again tomorow, going to pub here is now way to expensive compared to what I was drinking in spain. A beer in spain would cost about .80€ when a beer here in London costs about 1.30£. I love it here at my friends house, he is rich, his mom is an awesome cook, I basically get my own flat to myself, his family is awesome, and best of all, its all free for me. I offer to do work around the house, but all they make me do is walk the dog occaisionaly. This is definately the life, and one could easily get used to it.