Thursday 19 May 2016

Albergue in Biel

Bit of a come down from our hotels, casa rurales and hostals,  but we are so glad to have a bed for the night. It was touch and go for a while - we didn't want to pay 100 euro for an apartment which was all we could find - until a lovely French lady Virginia rescued us and found Julio who had a key to the albergue. Basic, bunk beds, but we don't care. Was a bit touch and go whether we could get any dinner too, but we did manage to get huevos, patatas frites, jamon and queso, and a vino tinto in the only bar, so all was well.

Today was a super remote day through beautiful forest and we never saw a another human being after leaving our hotel until we got here 21 kms later. Petilla de Aragon has a population of 35, we saw 4 of them yesterday. Here there are 135, so far seen maybe 6 people. Did see a deer today - and a lovely cow. Rob found a coin from 1868 on the road! And we came round a corner and wham, towering over us was a massive fort built in the 10th century on the bones of one built by the Moors in the 9th century. Fascinating.

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