We made sure that we awoke early enough this morning, as we were told that the front doors of the monastery were only open between 7:00 and 7:30 am. Not wanting to sign up as monks, we made sure that we were out by closing. The cafe/bar across the road provided us with the usual toast with jam, and a coffee con leche. At first the plan was to have a fairly easy day, and to only walk 15 k to a town called Aldea del Cano. Upon arriving, we found that the town was not much, and thought that we could do another 12 k to a place called Valdesalor. This would put us in a good position to approach Cáceres which is the second largest city in Extremadura. At first it was ok, but we all soon got tired in the midday heat which is very oppressive. One strange place along the way, was an abandoned airport out in the middle of nowhere. We had a break sitting in an old rusted bench near the old hangars. We arrived having endured our limit, and found the nice little municipal alberque here. Also today, I wish to introduce the pilgrim of the day. A young lady by the name of Petra, comes to us from Sofia Bulgaria, and is walking in our Camino group. Petra is a computer programmer for a software developement company there. She is a Camino veteran, having walked the Portuguese Way for her first Camino. Here are today's trail pics. Terry
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Chantal Vinet
9/28/2016 23:14:25
You look like an old grumpy man on the picture... Smile!!! LOL
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Sylvia
9/29/2016 18:43:43
The lady you met in the hall gave me $50 for Strong Kids. I have passed it along
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Terry
9/29/2016 19:56:29
Thanks for that Sylvia! Tell her thanks very much for me.
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