Sol y Sombra/ Sun and Shade

Part of the corrida de toro tradition is the "sol" and "sombra", or the sections in which you can sit to watch the bull fight. In the "sol", people tend to show up in their shorts and sombreros; in the "sombra", you see the well-dressed people, and the tickets for the latter section cost more (for the higher comfort level temperature-wise, one would infer).

Today, I noticed a habit of the Salmantinos (people of Salamanca) regarding this same theme, sun and shade. Megan and I were fighting to navigate our way through the crowds of Sunday's walkers, when I went off to the side and realized that there was NOBODY walking there. It took me a moment to realize what was going on: 

In the summertime (o sea, at the beginning of my semester here), everybody crowded into the shade to cool off; with the winter (or Fall, I guess...since technically it is Fall) coolness, the crowd of holiday season shoppers stays in the sun while the wide strip of shade becomes a deserted express lane - for those who dare walk in the coldest of the cold.