Monthly Archives: October 2021

BSVLP Aljucen to Alcuescar A lovely early morning start. Got to see a great sunrise as we walked along through the park. Unfortunately the park ended. After that miles and miles and miles of sandy, rocky, bug infested, hot Road, … Continue reading →

We opted for a romantic roman style hot tub (what they call hot here I call tepid) after a long but relatively easy walk. They have attempted to re-create a roman spa. I think there is even a show this … Continue reading →

BSVDLP. Merida 3 Final day in this fine city. Planned as rest day as there was to be sooooo much to see. And there is. A couple of observations from yesterday: -The Roman (gladiator) theater had speed bumps for the … Continue reading →

BSVDLP Merida 2 After a lovely night in the Parador we went touristing. First the promised Roman Amphitheater and Roman Theatre. Quite expensive to get in and worth every euro. The Amphitheater was for the gladiators. Theatre for public plays … Continue reading →

BSVDLP Almendralejoto Merida Mérida, the capital of western Spain’s Extremadura region, was founded by the Romans in the 1st century B.C. Remains of the ancient city include the still-used Teatro Romano, which has a double tier of columns rising onstage. … Continue reading →

BSVDLP Villafranca to Almendralejo The town is not really on the Camino as it was not established until 1527. About 5 kms off, it is a convenient stopping place. As a new town it has a newer church and streets … Continue reading →

BSVDLP Zafra to Villafranca de los Barros Early start, even earlier than we planned. Being Sunday morning most cafés are closed so we tried to start from a café that we thought was open. Ha. Ha. Google info wrong. Google … Continue reading →

Zafra 2 An intentionally quiet day Taking a real rest day after being on the road for over a week. Skipped the hotel breakfast and went over to the Parador to have a very overpriced buffet but very good one. … Continue reading →

BSDLP Fuentes to Zafra Lucky break this morning. When the driver came to pick up our luggage we asked her if she could drive us to a town, Pueblo de Sancho Perez, not too far from Zafra. Makes the walk … Continue reading →

BSVDLP Monestario to Fuente de Cantos Not an especially interesting day or read for the blog. Today it was the heat. We finished the walk before it hit the maximum but it sure as hell was hot enough. Two beers … Continue reading →