Our hostel hosts pointed us towards the chapel of Santa Engracia. A short hike up from the road brought us to her chapel on top of the hill. Engrazia was a 4th century martyr of the occupying Romans, and if you look carefully, you can see grisly d…

We travelled to the charming town of La Alberca which was our base for several days of rural hiking. (Two pictures are from gold panning at the site of a roman gold-mining operation). Hiking between villages in the surrounding valleys… Jamón! …