Monday November 10th 2014 day of rest in Gallisteo

  Tosca on the court of the albergue in Galisteo Galisteo, with its walls Another Roman milestone, fallen down   Nice dew on a cactus Tosca enjoying herself with a scapula Animals making a cultural trip along Roman milestones on the Via de la Plata Oliva de Plasencia. Paulien and Rob back from Caceres Inn 

Sunday November 9th 2014 Galisteo 22 km.

Pouring rain. Leon refuses to walk. Tosca hides under bush landscape with river ] Anyway a sign “albergue” =    Is this a piece of wood or a waymark? Typical cubic sign for Via de la Plata , With on the tree at the right side far away a not very clear arrow Yellow arrow 

Saturday November 8 th 2014 Grimaldo 20 km.

 Mattrass off the bed and Tosca on the bed at lake Tago Yet, now with animals, so you behold, I did not steal pictures from the internet  old, moribund, but stripped cork tree old, moribund, but not stripped, pseudo pilgrim  Dry, but now some green landscape   ]   with cattle of the same race that 

Friday November 7th 2014 From Casas de Caceres to Lago De Tago 22 km

   Dangerous walking Bridge across the river Tago: 600 m. How can I reach the sidewalk? I do not fit in the sidewalk   Roman mile stones of Via de la Plata   Another Roman mile stone on the Via de la Plata   Snowy mountain in the background Sierra Gredos, 2600 m high   Imminent whopper 

Thursday November 6th 2014 via Cacerės to Cases de Cacerės 22,6 km.

Here I was accosted by a pretty chatting lady. Caceres   Caceres      Gypsies” among themselves  Posing with the musicians .  Cadaver. Food and perfume for Tosca   Albergue in Cases de Caceres The days always begin cheerful. Tosca drags sticks, is rolling over in a cadaver that she has been dragging for half an hour 

Wednesday Nov. 5th 2014 Valdesalor 11,3 km.

    Bocadillo?, typical for this region My room mate got up early morning, here at 7 o’clock. Since I had forgotten my food in the refrigerator yesterday morning, I’ll have to wait until 9.30 am. before any store here opens. So that leaves me some time to write and at 8 am., when the 

Tuesday, 4 Nov. 2014 still Aldea del Cano. 23 km. south of Caceres. 23 km.

  I slept well. The local café had wifi, but “can not connect to server”. But I could write down my story in my I-pad under “notes”, and then copy those notes later in some wifi place into my weblog. The farrier was called and he was supposed to come at 10. Can I stay 

Monday Nov. 3rd 2014 Aljucen via Alcuéscar to Aldea del Cano 35 km

Because my food supply was finished I had desayuno in “Kiosk”, along with Vincenco. The only foodstore in Aljucen would not open before 10 am. Our planning was to leave early. The lure of a breakfast in the Kiosk has dissuaded us to wait till opening of the food store at 10 am. So we 

Nov. 2 nd 2014 Aljucen again. Rest day

Routemarks to Santiago in Aljucen We slept until 8.30 am. No barking, because the neighbor lady does not have one cat, like all neighbors, but 10! Tosca screams preferably against conspecifics, not to cats, so no barking around here. Tosca is scratching herself all day, because of a nasty rash on her belly. I hope 

Saterday Nov. 1st Merida to Aljucen 17 km.

Route signs to Santiago in Aljucen Aljucen albergue de peregrinos yellow building Albergue Aljucen bar “kiosk”   The cats of the house nextdoor Last night I made a little tour into Merida. There, on a terrace, while enjoying a beer, I worked at my blog. Back at the inn Molino, I groomed my animals and then