I had mentioned earlier that parts of the Camino are actually on old Roman roads. The first photo below is of one of those roads. You can see that the stones are all still in place (and are very bumpy, making for sore feet by the end of the day).
Earlier in the trip, we also had some really nice walks through lovely wooded areas, with little streams running beside them (or at least close enough that you could hear the water running over the rocks).
The past few days, we've been doing a lot of our walking out in the fields. They can be very picturesque. The photo below has vineyards in them, and behind the vines and to the left is a grove of olive trees. And in the background is the city of Cirauqui. A lot of the towns are on hilltops, to give them a better vantage point and to make them easier to defend. You'll also notice, though, that there is very little to protect one from the sun. This is where in the late afternoons we end up feeling a little bit like an egg in the middle of a frying pan. We've agreed that for the next few days, we're going to try to leave by 7am, so we can hopefully arrive at our next destination before 3pm. We'll see how that goes, though, since that also means getting up by 6am in order to take care of everything before hitting the road. More on that later.
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