Today we agreed to go on as slightly longer journey in order to reach a brand new albergue in Valdesalor, some 27 kms away. All along the path we saw a number of the old Roman “Miliarios”, went over a couple of Roman bridges, one with the original flagstones. Incredible to think of Roman legions having passed this way 2000 years ago! Along the way we also came across a number of Roman Milestones.
Today the path was quite sandy in places with quite a number of small archeological digs along the side of the path, where they have been exploring more of the Via de la Plata.
When we arrived in Valdesalor we went to the new Albergue, which we couldn’t find anywhere. We went to see the Mayor’s secretary, who called the Mayor, who inmformed us that the Albergue was not yet ready for occupation! Furthermore we could not use the “Refugio” in the town’s sports complex. I must say they were not very welcoming! We went to a bar for a coke and they too were almost rude to us. All day I had been suffering a lot from my old ailment “plantar faciar” which manifests itself as a stabbing pain in the heel of the foot. The next village was another 11 kms away and I felt I would not be able to make it.
Katrin who was travelling with us also felt she would rather not carry on. We therefore decided to take a bus to Caceres, the nearest town with the intention of returning to this spot in Valdesalor the following morning to continue our trip. As we waited for the bus along came Michel, one of our French fellow travellers who decided to carry on walking the additional 11 kms.
When we arrived in Valdesalor we went to the new Albergue, which we couldn’t find anywhere. We went to see the Mayor’s secretary, who called the Mayor, who inmformed us that the Albergue was not yet ready for occupation! Furthermore we could not use the “Refugio” in the town’s sports complex. I must say they were not very welcoming! We went to a bar for a coke and they too were almost rude to us. All day I had been suffering a lot from my old ailment “plantar faciar” which manifests itself as a stabbing pain in the heel of the foot. The next village was another 11 kms away and I felt I would not be able to make it.
Katrin who was travelling with us also felt she would rather not carry on. We therefore decided to take a bus to Caceres, the nearest town with the intention of returning to this spot in Valdesalor the following morning to continue our trip. As we waited for the bus along came Michel, one of our French fellow travellers who decided to carry on walking the additional 11 kms.
After a short bus ride we arrived in Caceres. The bus stop was about 1 km away from the Albergue so I had to suffer a bit more before we could camp for the night!
Caceres is a beautiful city which has been nominated for European City of Culture. It is full of old palaces belonging to wealthy families of the day, many of whom then joined the great expeditions to South America. One, from the house of Toledo, eventually married the daughter of one of the Aztec kings, Monctezuma and returned to live in Caceres.
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