Getting Our Bearings

The first order of the day, along with breakfast, was to see where we were at in the bigger picture of the hills & valleys of Salvador's Historic Old Town!  (This great map was on the wall by the hotel's reception desk.)  Once that's in my head, I will always know where we're to be going, what's on the agenda, & schedule our time accordingly so as to not miss something because they "just closed!"  Even though we're on our own (not a guided tour), the day is still planned like a "guided" tour.  We always say, most of one's traveling success is ALWAYS in the planning.  Every hour costs money, so we try to make the most of all of our time.    

Our hostel-hotel is at the bottom corner of the Blue Church.  Our 1st destination is quite a ride down to, and along, the harbor to the huge enclosed market. (Map #2)  

Next will be the Music Museum (shorter whitish-pink building right across the street from the #17 Market building). (Map #3)

Then we'll cross that huge plaza/intersection to the base of the tan elevator which will take us many stories up to the top of the town (hill).