6th September
Despite initial misgivings, the out of the way stay at Aldealungua turned out to be alright. The inconvenience of having to travel the few km into Salamanca was more than offset by the decent hotel (La Plazuela) and the final nights entertainment from the locals in 'their' bar.
A late start saw us away in the increasing temperature, straight onto the autovia towards Plasencia. After a quick 50 miles, we dropped off into the road to El Barco de Avila, before descending along the long valley on the N110 to Plasencia, where we stopped for a break.
The run from Plasencia to Trujillo on the EX208 was memorable. Initially winding around a couple of reservoirs, through a national park area, it exited onto a hot, dry & high plain. Like the American mid-west; long straight roads for miles. We were ready for another stop when we got to Trujillo, so we're pleasantly surprised when we got into the centre of the town to find a bit of a festival kicking off in the main square. Nice looking place too.
A shortish motorway hop finished the day off and we arrived at the Capitolio Apartments in Merida. Wow, what a place. Large modern apartment & superbly furnished to boot. We like!
Spent the evening wandering around Merida old town. A centre characterised by Roman & Moorish ruins. The centre was nice, but the surrounding streets dirty & run down. Doesn't look to be much prosperity around here! Still, we found a bar for a couple of beers & liked it so much that we returned for food later. Good grub & a great bottle of wine for not a lot.
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