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Where we play tourist: The University, the New Cathedral, the Old Cathedral (name Nueva and Viaja- no saint name), Casa Lis an art museum The university is quite old as any reader of medieval history or historical fiction likely knows. … Continue reading →

Escaped Extremadura! Four days here in Salamanca. Yeah!. Injury recovery time needed. Avoidance of some really crappy accommodations needed. Two nights at the NH and two nights at the Parador. We were not able to add two nights to the … Continue reading →

For our records and as of general interest here at the pics not possible without bandwidth. But first an unfortunate update. QB slipped on the shower last night. It appears nothing broken but very short , elbow, and wrist Some … Continue reading →

Two days in a row that we both liked the walk. Not easy as in the small (1000 meters) mountains. Freezing in early morning now and warm as sun rises over hills. Not easy but beautiful and almost all off … Continue reading →

Up and up into the small mountains. Spent some time in the lovely town of Hervas. A tourist town due to the well preserved Jewish section. One of the many interesting spots: the Jewish Bridge. Stream running under, cobbled bridge … Continue reading →

Lovely walking day mostly off road. Some tricky navigation due to farm fields. When I mentioned to someone that the orange juice here is spectacular, a Valencia local told us that the oranges here, Sevilla oranges, are really just transplanted … Continue reading →

Rest day. Some minor touristing and some shopping for the road lunch tomorrow. Today is Monday. Everything is closed. Just like yesterday, Sunday, everything is closed. Will open after we leave. Nice cool morning, mid-40s. Warmed up soon thereafter. One … Continue reading →

A large town tonight: 40K inhabitants. A very big change of pace. After a few nights in small rural (QB interjected “dumps”) we have 2 nights in an enormous Parador. Converted 15th century monastery. We accidentally entered via the garage. … Continue reading →

A lovely walk on a cool bright day with a bit of wind. Not a flat walk no matter what the books say. First a review of last evening. At dinner (restaurant) two fellow travelers joined our table. One Catalan … Continue reading →

Quite a cool morning where jackets were required. Eventually warmed up and they were shed. Rolling hills, scenery very different today. Basically foothills, green, very rocky. Path was mostly on the road and when it veered off it looked too … Continue reading →