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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

3 DAYS IN THE PROVINCE OF SALAMANCA

DAY 1: We enter the province of Salamanca at the city of Zamora, which is very close the border with Portugal. Here, we take a tour around the Arribes del Duero National Park. The river Duero flows through this deep canyon, which has vertical walls 162 kilometres long and up to 150 metres high.
DAY 2: From the park we continue through Ledesma until we reach the city of Salamanca, where we can see the river Tormes. there are two cathedrals in Salamanca. The Old Cathedral was built in Romanesque style in the 12th century. The most spectacular part is the tower, which looks like it is decorated with stone scales.
DAY 3. From Salamnaca, we continue to the town of Bejar. Then we go on to Candelario, one of the coldest and most beautiful villages in the province of Salamanca. The river Cuerpo de Hombre flows through here.

GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES

Imagine you want to travel by ship to the Canary Islands. First, you need to locate these islands on a map. Then you need to find their cardinal points. The principal cardinal points are north, south, east and west. There are other points between these: northeast, southeast and southwest.
Next, you need to know the exact location of the Canary Islands on a globe. To do this, you use geographical coordinates. These are a set of imaginary horizontal and vertical lines that help you to locate geographical locations.
The horizontal lines are called parallels because they are parallel to the Equator. The vertical lines are called meridians and go from pole to pole. We use parallels and meridians to determine the latitude and longitude of a place.
Latitude is the distance between any point and the Equator. Points to the north of the Equator are latitude north and points to the south are latitude south.
Longitude is the distance between any point on Earth and the Greenwich Meridian. Greenwich is a town in the United Kingdom. Points to the east of Greenwich are longitude east and points to the west are longitude west.