Today
we were picked up by Maruja and Jose-Luis to go for a walk in the Spanish
countryside in the Sierra de la Peña de Francia. We left
Philip and walked for nine kilometres through forests of pine, chestnut and
oak. In places the landscape and, in particular, soil type were rather
reminiscent of the Flinders Ranges. We met Philip at a café at the end and had
a drink before continuing on with him for the last kilometre. Along this jaunt
there were some interesting information panels about the different landscapes
that one could see. All the while we were overlooked by the Peña de
Francia sanctuary, perched atop a steep hillside, which we had visited on the
previous trip in 2006.
After this arduous walk, we went to a local restaurant
for lunch and had some very interesting conversation about the similarities in
the issues facing the Roma people (Gypsies) and the Australian Aboriginals.
We
then returned home to Olga’s for an excellent fish dinner of seafood tartlets
and sea bass.
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