Antigua Casa del Heno
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Caceres , Pulpitos & Todos Los Santos
... match on so we spent the evening listening to the roar of the crowd, horns and a drum but come 10pm it was all quiet.
Thursday we decided to catch the bus into the city. Reception had given us a timetable and told us where to catch the bus earlier in the week. We were pushing it a bit as we had 10minutes to walk up to the stadium cross over the footbridge and get to the bus stop on the other side of the road, as we were told it left on the hour sharp! We got there with ...
Sierra de Gredos
... here we visited a chapel with an amazing garden, swam in a mountain river, and one evening wandered into Candeleda and into a folk music concert where free food and drink were being served.
But for me the highlight was the eagles. You would always see one somewhere gliding about in that regal way they do so well. And they weren't shy. At one point, on a walk to a resevoir, an ...
The Almanzor Adventure
... I´ve seen. After a long narrow road into Parque Regional de la Sierra de Gredos we were as close as we could go by car, El Platforma de Gredos. We parked, put on our boots and by 8:00 had started out on foot.
The walk from the platforma to Refugio Elola is posted as 2h30m. We managed it in 2 hours flat. It took us through pastures dotted with grazing horses and cows, past a couple herds of ...
The Wedding Day
... and partying the Spanish way.
The pictures tell the story - we walked to the village ayuntamiento and we stopped off in the bar for a drink and a coffee. Settle the nerves. Water the peeps.
At 6pm the bridal party arrived, they had also walked from their home, and the bride came down the aisle with her Dad. Such a beautiful bride, with a posy of purpleblooms and a fine lace veil. I cried. Not because I wanted to. I just cry. And it was ...
Espana!
... with snow. Its lovely and cool and the countryside looks pretty. The yellow brooms are still flowering and the lavender colours the fields with a soft haze of purple.
We spent our first evening at home with the family. After a visit from German and little Gabriel we had everyone round the table for dinner - Allan, Soraya, Martin, Erik, ( who flew in on Tuesday from Istanbul) Cousin Peter, Audrey, Aurora, Ger, Mike and Us. It ...