Author Archives: boogkb

Where travel booking, shoe shopping, and a very large store is encountered. After a fine breakfast, smoked salmon on the buffet!, started the process of getting a plane to Valencia (train too many changes), a train to Barcelona, and a … Continue reading →

Where it is no longer BSVDLP as we are done sacking and are now touristing; where a train ride was easy after a late hotel departure. Train started out at 150 mph. Slowed down for each of six stops, so … Continue reading →

Where a stork in a nest is spotted, a museum of very old stuff visited, a tea room closed, and planning revealed. Rare sighting of a stork in a nest. Went back to the Museo of Zamora so QB and … Continue reading →

A clear cold morning, a fine walk and a discovery of sorts. First the discovery. In an earlier post after seeing wall paintings survive in a 12th century cathedral (cathedral viaja) I posed a question: what was the binding agent … Continue reading →

Nice cool clear morning. QB still not recovered. Legs and feet. Walking and touristing to a minimum today. Main items: Cathedral with it’s fantastic tapestries, each telling a mythological story Castle with Roman artifacts Exposition center with artifacts Poor lunch … Continue reading →

We have bagged the walking. No helicopter arrival as promised so we are making alternative plans. It has been a good but hard trip and considering the injuries, the cold mountain terrain not ideal for injured parts, as well as … Continue reading →

Really to an old converted castle (1227): Castillo de Buen Amor located 11 km off the route, nearest town Calzada de Valdunciel Cold morning with a cold wind that got colder as the day progressed. We finished the walk just … Continue reading →

Nada, nothing. A rest day other than a long walk to Plaza Mayor. Some coffee and a croissant. At least good coffee. Tomorrow we head out to a castle. A castle of good love. Hopefully getting there before it rains … Continue reading →

Cloudy day salamanca

Plaza de Mayor Cloudy day salamanca