Zafra

We decided against meeting up with Alan as we would have to stay another night in Taviera and instead drove back into spain.  Well about 3 hours drive from Pedras del Rai bought us here to Zafra.  After finding the 2 plazas that were described in the book, the place is empty but all the bars have all their tables and chairs out for the two or three people that are here, and we are two of them.  Going to one of the corners of the square one of the bars looked open and had 3 customers, one very drunk old man who asked me for a cigarette so I plastered him with English rubbish, then a beggar came out of nowhere and ditto !!  Still it's lovely here.  4pm The hotels were all shut so I asked someone in my best Spanish why that was, only to be told that they all reopen at 6pm and that it was lunch siesta time.

So 1745 I tried to open this door of the hotel we are in now and it was locked only to find that the proprietor was sat inside and I asked in Spanish if he had a room available.  Well not only that but I got a whole history lesson on the Romans when they were here and how the arches are similar to the ones in Pompeii, if you are interested go to www.hotelbalconesdezafra.com.  It's a lovely hotel and I think the cost he said in Spanish was 65 euros including breakfast.  The room is great too, large and spacious.  Our plan is to head towards Zamora tomorrow for the night then up to the north coast to Gigon and then somwhere else for Sunday closer to Santander for our Monday ferry trip back.  One thing I know is that we wont be eating on the ferry but have a lunch in a place we know near the port which is walking distance, and we can leave the car at the port.

So I'll be updating later on to see if anyone does come out to sit on all these chairs to eat and drink !!  I took some photos.