Saturday, 27 April 2013

Post Polish twitchers

Caceres
Weather: Strong sun with gusty winds = excellent line-drying
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What's this?  Why it's our very own san facs block complete with flushing toilet, shower, washing up sink and electricity (and the odd mega ant)

And what's this?Why, it's 2 of the 3 washing machines crammed to the gunnels with our washing - I would tell the kids off for filling them this full.  But at €3 a wash you have to make the most of it.  Very satisfying.




Anyway - to Caceres.  A lovely medieval city with absolutely hundreds of Palaces and pretty Plazas.  We got off the bus too late but enjoyed the walk back past a string of book kiosks that were doing a brisk trade.  We noticed in Madrid that it seems to be a popular pastime browsing book stalls at the weekend.
The old centre was busy but not as bad as Toledo and a real pleasure to wander around.  Topped off with a beer and a red wine in the Plaza Major.  We couldn't help but notice that like the other places we've been to there is hardly any litter, but there again we've not seen many fast food outlets.
This jewellery was made 6-5 Century BC!

David taking a break from culture half way round museum

















The Polish twitchers?  At the last campsite next to Monfrague National Park we got back from our visit to the bar (Had to go there for Internet access) to find a group of Polish men with very large zoom lens cameras trained on the back of our van.  Bit of a shock til we realised they were filming some blue tailed Magpies that were sitting in a tree just behind us.  Very off-putting as they spent several hours there.

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