I left an albergue in full wet weather gear for only the second time ever, bit the forecast wasn’t 100% accurate, so after 30 minutes I stripped off the poncho. A quick descent on the Roman road into the valley meant the moist clouds were above us, where they stayed for as much of the day that mattered!
Lots of evidence that we were on the ancient via de la plata today, with numerous milarios and long section of what was Roman road. Some sections even had regular road alongside, which is puzzling as usually the original road has just been installed on top of the original.
There’s plenty of other interesting stonework, and a couple of towns’ main streets look like they haven’t changed in hundreds of years:
Tonight’s albergue is of unknown age, and our dorm room has stone walls 3 feet thick, one window about 1 foot by one foot, stone floors, and a wood stove ensuring that every item we possess smells of wood smoke. And just to remind us that the albergue is run by the parish, the internal wall and part of the ceiling are lavishly decorated. But with only a single light bulb, details are hard to distinguish!
We caught up with some of the original group that all departed Seville on the same day, so for tonight 5 of the original 10 are reunited,!
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