Day 7: Up before the sun

We asked the hotel folks to open the breakfast space early because we were on a tight schedule today. Headed to I_don’t_know_where. Sometimes it’s nice to board the bus and go wherever they take us knowing it will be interesting. I’ve spent so little time with the trip’s itinerary.. just along for the ride :)

Originally built in the 16th century, at least a few of these remaining windmills are still fully functioning grain mills. For 2 euros you can climb to the top floor and see the milling operation. On the main floor of the next windmill we visited we bought a traditional snack. Chips and beer :)

The fortress here has seen many iterations:
3rd century Roman palace, 10th century Visigoth fortress, 16th century palace for Spain’s King Charles I… then severely damaged during the 1936 Spanish civil war. Running tight on time we forgo walking through the ruined remains.Read more