Sorry that this days blog is a day late, but I am at the mercy of available wifi. This morning we set out for the town of Zafra. The next on our list. Just a short 5 kilometre walk. Zafra was a beautiful town, and seemed very prosperous. Entering into the town from the hills, you could see that the land is getting greener. We stopped for a cafe con leche and a Zuma de naranja, (coffee and orange juice) in Zafra. Continuing on, we ended up in Los Santos de Maimona. With a bit of difficulty, we finally found the municipal alberque (hostel). A postman called the phone number on the gate for us, and arranged for us to pick up the key. This meant that we had to walk back to the centre of town, to the tourist information office to pick it up. We had been there earlier, but it had not been manned then. We picked up the key and went back to the alberque, and found that we had the whole place to ourselves. It is super fantastic with beautiful kitchen, laundry, showers, and beds. After setting ourselves up here, we walked into town to eat at the place recommended by the info office. What a fantastic meal we had. Upon entering the place, the locals looked at us like we were from Mars. The extremely kind and helpful owner immediately assessed the situation, and set us up on a table. From there on in it was a gastronomic event. There was a salad on special, that had some type of house specialty dressing. On describing the salad, the waiter called it ice cream instead of dressing. Non the less it was delicious. Then they brought us a fantastic piece of fish in a cheese sauce. After devouring the whole thing with the help of a jug of sangria, he insisted upon us having a sorbet made from wine! Fantastic! So hats off to the people of Los Santos de Maimona for looking after us lowly pilgrims! Have a look at the pics of today. Buen Camino Terry
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