Salamanca-Day2 in Spain

The first thing I noticed when I awoke at 1 am was that my headache was finally gone, the next was that I needed to sleep through the night. I can't be jetlagged on the Camino. I laid down and closed my eyes and just laid there. In what was an eternity the sun rose and I had a reason to get dressed and walk around. I had to keep going, no rest, no breaks. Going downstairs with my book I had a coffee with a tostada con jamón ibérica con tomate y aceite . Unable to really get into my book at home I found it interesting to the point I got more coffee and kept reading. This is an acceptable part of the 'keep going' plan. Now overly coffeed I put the book in my room and just walked. Salamanca had some nice architecture to investigate obviously some churches which were very large and some palaces, where the movers and shakers lived in medieval days. I walked down towards the river through the ancient university buildings to find the Roman Bridge. Fascinating. I walked around what seemed to be the old walled city, surely I would get lost and it would take all day to find my way and I could rest in the evening.

Making things short now. I had a few things to do, book a train ticket and get a credential or pilgrims passport to stay in albuergues. I walked all the way from city center to the train station and the ticket office said it'd be much better to take a bus and once I asked he gave me a map to get a bus ticket. Once there on the other side of town I found busses ran a out every hour to Zamora from Salamanca. I picked a time and bought a ticket. 5€! Hat a deal! Now back to the room. To get lunch and find an albuergue in Salamanca to get a credencial. Once I found it wasn't far I walked to get one in a religious looking building near a cathedral and a convent. One I walked in I started to ask if I could buy a... I forgot the word. The albuergue operator interrupted me as if to help.me but I stead he said "I don't speak English, no English" well that's fine because I'm trying to speak Spanish and I don't recall what the credential was called. I was bit annoyed he was annoyed. He seemed to understand finally I could say a few things in Spanish and calmed down to listen. He the. Told me it would be 3€. I asked if he had change and he quickly started getting worked up again. Of course he wouldnt have change I should have known. I told him I would be back and he said that's fine. I returned with exactly 3€ and he gave it to me and explained beyond my comprehension how to use it. I told him thank you and that I was in his country and the polite thing to do was to speak his language and I appreciated his help.
Ready to go I hit the grocery store to get a sandwich and some more coffee. Tomorrow at 10:30 I was going to Zamora to finally begin my camino. And I was really anxious.Okumaya devam et