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How we almost became buzzard food on la Meseta... — Sahagún, Castille and León, Spain

Source: Travel Pod

Nov 07, 2009

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Sahagún, Castille and León, Spain

As I prepared and researched the Camino de Santiago, one of the subjects that always appeared was the Meseta. Hot, dry, flat. . . well Cathy and I are in the Meseta and ít´s just like Ohio with a few minor alterations. . . . think about the entire area of NW Ohio, take out the majority of minor roads and most of the houses. Wheat, wheat, wheat and flat as far as the eye can see!

Day 16, Sunday July 5 25 km (15.6mi) Castrojeriz to Fromista (bread basket of the Roman empire, it's no wonder with all this wheat!)
Days walk began by a long climb up Alto Mostelares. . . we are thinking the maybe we have mastered the method of climbing very high hills because after approx 25 minutes, we are at the top and the view all around was spectacular!

Day 17, Fromista to Caldadilla de las Cruzas 37 km (23mi)
Longest walk yet! First part was along the river where (if we would have the time) it would have been a wonderful place to bird watch. Unfortun ...Read the full article

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