A couple of months back, when my friend Noelia and I spent the weekend in Salamanca visiting friends, we trudged all the way up to the top of Salamanca cathedral. The neverending and, at times, devilishly narrow staircases were regulated by a traffic light system to avoid collisions. To my great surprise, everybody seemed to heed the green and red lights. Which proves that the Spanish can follow rules after all 😉
I thought these pics would make the perfect contribution to travelwithintent’s weekly Look Up Look Down photo challenge.
View of Salamanca from the top of the cathedral
View of Salamanca cathedral from the Roman Bridge
Lady Of The Cakes 
Oh yes, I love them! And as I probably wouldn’t be brave enough to do it myself, I’m happy to share your eyes on this one!
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You’d have been fine making your way up ….but possibly not so fine the next day. Ouch! 😉
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It’s the coming down that’s the problem so I might still have been up there! Though if its really narrow and spiral and i can’t see too far down I might be ok.
I would have thought your Toledo legs would have prepared you, but steps must use different muscles to hills.
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I’m the same – I don’t mind hauling myself up, but coming down often terrifies me, and if the descent is too precarious, I won’t go up. On this occasion, it was OK, though.
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Oh beautiful! Love the traffic light idea!
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And it would be nice if they had a café up there… just thinking…
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Ah yes, that would work. Just the incentive I need! New career opportunity?
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I reckon so!
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Love the shot of the ironwork combined with the red tile roof. Killer combo!
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what a work of art this building is – and I would have liked to see a photo of the traffic lights on the stairs – and cool that they were heeded – also enjoyed looking through the net – 🙂
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That net… not sure whether it’s there to keep us in or the pigeons out… probably both 😉
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That dome looks like it was shingled by sugar cookies!
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I wasn’t quite close enough to lick it…
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Try doing it in Latvia, by lantern light 😉 Great pics! The mesh really makes ’em 😉
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Wow, amazing view – how many steps did you have to climb?
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Not sure… I lost count when the oxygen supply stopped reaching my head.
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Beautiful photos, and I love the thematic football goal netting adorning the first two!
How did the Spanish cope with being out so soon? The Italians almost went into national mourning. Personally I cannot get over how all these great European nations are out whilst the yanks are still in. How humiliating!
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They’re taking it quite stoically, as far as I can tell… at least they’ve still got some sort of title, haven’t they… and for another two years.
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