SALAMANCA, WHY NOT?

Our class, or better said, the group of us students, had an excursion planned for Salamanca this past weekend. I was very impressed by the figures that were stated to us by the guide. There are apparently 50 thousand to 55 thousand students in Salamanca. This is nearly the population of the entirety of Segovia. 15 thousand of these students are international. So I have one question for KIIS... Why is our group not in Salamanca with the rest of the people in the world? Segovia is a wonderful city, but the impression that was left upon me of Salamanca was an  impressive one. There was intelligent conversation going around, people actually going out to get coffee and converse with one another...without laptops in their face. Not to say that laptops are wrong to use, but there is an entire Spain out there for the taking. We left the city and on the way home made a stop in the small but sweet town of Avila. The city is shown in the photo in the background behind the attractive model. This was a town that was completely protected by a "muralla" which must of been a great place to live during the middle ages. It really made me think about how life must of been during the fighting between the Moors and the Christians.