Not pretty, but a welcome sign in to the countryside
out of Monesterio.
The landscape beyond Monesterio is beautiful....
Some sort of Crocus possibly?
Oink
A distant Fuente de Cantos.
The streets.
Home for the night, the converted convent alburgue.
I left in the dark again this morning and had a cafe con leche in the cafe just outside the Hostal Extremadura. Monasterio is a lively town with plenty of cafes and bars. Apparently, it's the pig or jamon capital of Spain (that's saying something!). The hostal was very good - quiet, TV, air con, ensuite for 15 euros, and the owners very friendly. Sometimes watching junk TV and taking the weight off your feet for an hour is the perfect end to a walk. Other times it's straight out for a beer or 2.
The walk was again beautiful, the good weather is constant and conversations with other walkers are interesting and break up the sometimes monotonous parts of the walk.
The distance was only 22 kms so arriving at 2pm gave me plenty of time to look around town and get a bite to eat. Checked with the hospitalera the route out of town as it's another walk in the dark tomorrow morning.
Andrew.
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