{"id":2907,"date":"2022-03-01T22:01:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T22:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tappstravels.co.uk\/?p=2907"},"modified":"2022-03-01T22:01:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T22:01:05","slug":"spain-3-caceres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tappstravels.co.uk\/?p=2907","title":{"rendered":"Spain 3. Caceres"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK.\u00a0 So leaving Tordasillas, we were a little reluctant to stop in a rest area for a coffee!\u00a0 Can’t imagine why!\u00a0 So the trip to Caceres was speedy with just one short break during which we took turns with the AK47 patrolling the no-go zone which extended to a radius of some 50 metres around our property!\u00a0 Sadly, everyone looked suspicious – even the family having a massive picnic at the far end of the car park!<\/span><\/p>\n

Half way we decided to change target campsite and travel a further 50 km to Caceres.\u00a0 We ended up parked immediately next to a very friendly English couple (I had to wtrite that in case they read this blog!).\u00a0 We met them on the last campsite – they just can’t get rid of us!<\/p>\n

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We even have our own, private bathroom and shower.\u00a0 And the water is really hot here.<\/p>\n

We tried getting parked in town, but while it was easy,\u00a0 it was going to be a long walk with busy crowds in the old town.\u00a0 So we binned that plan\u00a0 and headed out across the plain to Malpartida de Caceres.\u00a0 (Sounds like it might be the “bad part” of the town!) (Actually, it just means “municipality of”.)<\/p>\n

It’s clearly festival season hereabouts.\u00a0 The village was gearing up for a major party on Tuesday.\u00a0 We hear there will be loud music, much drinking and dancing all night.\u00a0 Could be worth a visit.<\/p>\n

At a bar we met an English teacher.\u00a0 That is a Spanish,\u00a0 English language teacher.\u00a0 She actually explained what we were being served as tapas.\u00a0 That’s a first!\u00a0 Good beers too!\u00a0 There were groups of people wandering around in coordinated costumes.\u00a0 Obviously preparing themselves mentally for a night of debauchery on 1st March!<\/p>\n

On the table next to us there was a group of young people dressed as Ukranian citizens.\u00a0 Apparently they bought the costumes a few years ago.\u00a0 But they were attracting a lot of interest.\u00a0 But the reason behind that was very sad.\u00a0 They said their automatic rifles had been added to their costume this year as a mark of their total lack of respect for Vlad the Invader!<\/p>\n

We found a superb park a few kms south.\u00a0 It was covered in granite outcrops.\u00a0 \u00a0We felt instantly at home.\u00a0 It’s a lot like Dartmoor, except the huge boulders are much more rounded, the ground is much drier, it’s MUCH easier to park, the walks are neatly marked, there are lots of art installations, there are storks everywhere, the place is much less populated and all the signs are in a foreign language.\u00a0 Apart from that, it’s almost identical!<\/p>\n

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Every stalk has a stork on top!<\/p>\n

The next day we set out Eastwards about 45 km.\u00a0 We had found the delightfully, tranquil city of Tudjillo last time we were in the area.\u00a0 We hoped to find a quiet restaurant there to have Sunday lunch.\u00a0 Right!\u00a0 Who said festival season?<\/p>\n

Glenda pointed out some safe-looking street parking, but I wanted to drive to the posh restaurant in the old town.\u00a0 For “old” read “warren-like area with extremely narrow and twisting lanes just wide enough for the car which wound their way between boulders and walls steeply up to the ancient fortified battlements of the citadel”.\u00a0 After half an hour of this game I gave up and retreated down the hill.\u00a0 We ended up parked where Glenda had suggested!\u00a0 Well, you have to try!\u00a0 And I managed not to come down any of the streets which morphed into narrow stepped alleyways!\u00a0 I think that alone deserves a beer!<\/p>\n

We had coffees and subsequently a beer with a side of vegetable spring rolls in the first square we came to.<\/p>\n

Again, the locals were really into their matching costumes!\"\"<\/p>\n

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Wandering back into the old town we found the square in which we had parked two years ago with three other local cars.\u00a0 This time the square was covered with an IKEA bull ring assembled from a flat-pack over the last few days.<\/p>\n

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And there were zillions of people.\u00a0 We watched some of the preliminary bull teasing from afar.\u00a0 Fairly distasteful even though no fatalities ensued, human or bovine.<\/p>\n

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Before leaving, we walked up to the church of Santa Maria and the castle at the top of the old town.<\/p>\n

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Last time we had been here was about five hours ago in the car!<\/p>\n

On balance this day was a good one!\u00a0 The first warm day, safe navigation of the old town, no thieves, a good lunch and no dead bulls.\u00a0 The only “slight” problem was the total failure of the caravan’s water pump and the partial failure of the spare pump!<\/p>\n

But that’s another story!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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