Day 8 – Fuente de Cantos to Zafra. 24.2 kms today. But the last 4 was alongside a road, so my feet were complaining.
Another great day! Starting in the dark at 6:30 am. And again I find a great bar just opening for breakfast. It’s 6.2 kms to the next village, and I plan to top up with water there. Though that plan almost failed! Nothing looked open.
I met up with a couple of German Pilgrims who are camping. As I have these early morning starts, I chat with my wife Pat on video using Facebook Messenger. It gives her a chance to see where I am and that I’m still OK!
Today I have a confession. I stayed in the Parador in Zafra! I have tried them a couple of times before and this looked to be a lovely old castle, so I thought I’d try it. I have to say that the lunch was sensational. But the room? I hit unlucky. On my side of the Hotel was a large square that seemed to be the local hangout for all the teenagers. It was really noisy till about 2 am.
Maybe someone is sending me a message? 🙂
Since I started to watch your videoclips from VdlP, I knew – I don’t know how, but I knew – that you would stay at the Parador of Zafra 🙂 It seemed like a very proper and suitable accommodation for you. And yes, you did! Thank you for showing us around that place, as myself I have never stayed in any Parador so far. The more the choice of your accommodation at the next town of Torremejia came as a bit of surpise for me!
Thank you so much for this amazing series of videoclips! While I watch them on a computer I add them to a playlist and later watch all of them in a sequence on a large TV!
Buen Camino!
I make no apologies for staying there. I have worked my butt off for 50 years in order to walk these Caminos, and still do. I’m not retired. Once or twice on a long Camino I try one. But you know what? The best room / sleep I have had so far, was a 30 euro room in a hostal. So having shared what a Parador is like for those who might be interested, I doubt I’ll be using them anymore… 🙂
I’ll probably use some of the clips in compilation videos on the YouTube Channel.
You’re walking a Camino Kevin. What are doing watching my videos 🙂
Hope it’s going well. Buen Camino.
That was a Gabriel Osborne bull silhouette in the early morning Rob. Advertising feature for a sherry producer. They are all over Spain and have been part of the countryside for as far back as I remember….1960s
Ahh. I have seen a few…..
Having walked the Camino Frances and staying away from Albergues, i know the feeling of arriving in a hotel or upscale place such as a museum in one’s grubby hiking pants.
After staying in a couple of ‘fancy’ places in Zafra and Merida, I stopped doing it.
Just didn’t feel right somehow……..