15 October cold morning cool afternoon

No flat tire, no socks, no hills, almost no roads, good 2nd century Roman Villa with Swatsika, changing standards…

Yesterday we stayed in a hotel that had two garbage cans in the room. Excellent upgrade. Today, only one but hooks on the back of the door, another fine addition to Boog needs. Even more, today, a one star, with an elevator. Becoming much easier to please the Boogs.

Even flatter today and QB, who walked the full route today, said it was all like her picture at the top of this post. KB took the roads, much longer, similar nothingness but there is an offshoot to an excavated Roman Villa. Lots of Mosaics but one intrigued me the most, the Swatiska.

Many histories, many cultures, but not much real scholarship as I understand it. Probably goes back 5000 years but much of what I could find is fuzzy.

As a side note QB and KB were discussing all the terms for architecture in the churches and the similarity to the incessant to terminology of 18th- 19th century British Sailing vessels, think of the novels by Patrick O’Brian, and the power of Bishops/Abbots compared to ship captains.

The next town is Sahagun where a Bishop excommunicated a whole town for not listening to him and while he went to Rome to recover the goods the townsfolk raided from the monastery little is written of the final result. A mutiny.

QB’s leg held out all day! My tires did the same. Not quite the same achievement but …..

Was 6 degrees C when we left this morning. I forgot socks. Cold toes.