How this place changed my life — 1 year ago
I stayed in Salamanca for the first month of a three-month intensive Spanish program (don Quijote). My host family consisted of a near-elderly mama and her two daughters. They fed me hearty food; I call Salamanca “the Iowa of Spain.” They (like the rest of the Salmantinos I met) were friendly, if rather reserved, and very proud of their Castillian heritage. The city architecture is wonderful, and the education in Castillian is exceptional – they really do speak the purest Castillian Spanish of any region I visited.
How Salamanca really changed my life, however, was in the optional wine tasting class I took while there. I knew nothing about wine before I went to Spain. But that class started me on Sangre de Toro and Tempranillo. Now I appreciate all sorts of wine from all over the world.
