On the walk to Calzada de Béjar today, we passed from the dreaded province of Extremadura to the province of Castilla y León. The transformation from a desert type area to a lusher greener land seemed almost immediate. The walk today was also made more pleasant, in the fact that the towns now are spaced closer together. No more 30 kilometre days just to get to the next village. It's nice to come to a town and to be able to get a cafe con leche every once in a while. We have ended up at a very hospitable farmhouse albergue, that is also doing a meal. The meal was fantastic! Thus proving my point that the farmhouse alberques are the best. First course was a bowl of homemade vegetable soup. It was brought out in a big pot, and served to us all. We even had seconds. This was just what we needed, as vegetables are hard to come by here. Sure beats the ham and cheese on a bun. Next they brought out some very nice pork chops, with a fantastic salad. There was red wine of course to wash it all down. Next came ice cream for dessert. Just as we finished stuffing ourselves, they came out with some type of homemade liquor. Of course we had to sample it. There were 9 of us, including people from Ireland, Bulgaria, Holland, Italy, and France. I was the only Canadian. Not much else to say today, except here are the pics from today's trail. Terry
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