A day off the road today - after five days of steady progress, time to rest up and let the muscles recover a bit. We´re in Estella - a beautiful medieval town with lots to see.
So far the countryside has been very agricultural: the first few days in the mountains and foothills, lots of cows and sheep, and some horses. Then, approaching Pampalona, miles of very neatly plowed fields, but totally barren. We wonder if the crop, whatever it was, has already been harvested, but the cynic in me worries that the EU economic policy dictates that they not plant the fields.
Yesterday it was more crops: definitely almonds, olives and grapes, others that may have been figs and artichokes - hard to know.
And now, another apology: just spent a hour trying to decipher Spanish instructions on how to upload pictures to this blog - apparently unsuccessfully. Good night (sigh).
I'm sorry about the running frustration with posting photos, but your visual descriptions are evocative. Olives!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that you and Pauline are getting to rest and inspect places like Estella.