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| Entering Casar de Cáseres |
It took me longer than usual to get ready
this morning so it was 7:10am before we left the albergue. The guide book said
go past the bull ring but did not say which side. We asked a couple out for
their morning walk who turned out to be very helpful. They were going in our
direction, or possibly decided to go in our direction, and took us to the final
roundabout after which we couldn't go wrong.
We did the first four kilometres in an hour
but it was almost all downhill and along the side of a main road. The amount of
traffic coming towards us reminded Pauline of Monument Road (the rural road on which we live) in the morning.
After 4km we were directed on to a good quality dirt track which continued
until the outskirts of this small town. On the road we were passed first by
Christina from Austria and a short time later by Matthew and Vanessa. Without
the guidance we had, the two Canadians had taken the wrong exit off the
roundabout and lost some time.
As you will have seen from the photograph
we ended up in another fine
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| Our albergue on main square opposite the town hall |
albergue. This is another donativo arrangement -
you pay what you can afford or think is appropriate.
All those we have met to date are now at
least one stage ahead of us. So far we have been joined in this albergue by a
Frenchwoman, a German woman and an Italian man.
That was our third relatively easy day but
that will change from tomorrow.
We went on to have a frustrating evening. There isn't a great deal to see in Casar de Cácares although it is a pleasant little town. It does have a spectacular bus station and an impressive medieval church (I can't find my photographs of the church). We both had some catching up to do online and expected the bar, where we had registered for the albergue, to reopen and provide WiFi at around 6:00pm. It didn't, nor did it reopen at seven, or eight, or nine, so we went to bed. While we were monitoring the lack of movement across the road I made enough risotto for five. Only Maria Jose, a French woman of our own vintage, was prepared to share it with us. She returned the compliment by providing some of the local speciality, a sheeps' cheese.
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| Pauline enjoys the view from the balcony of our albergue |
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| Casar de Cáseres' futuristic bus station |
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| Not unreasonably washing drying from a balcony on the main square is frowned upon. No excuse - use of the dryer is free. |
Next: Stage 16 - Casar de Cáseres to Alcántara reservoir
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