We have been somewhat surprised by our seemingly rapid progress. We have left Rioja behind us with it´s endless vines. Yesterday morning crossing into Castille y Leon province. We drank our way through several bottles of Rioja whilst in the region, of course only to heighten our cultural integration. By focussing our attention on an increasingly prudent application of the daily budget we were able to invest the evening´s remaining Euros in ever superior bottles of the region´s world famous export. Unfortunately, we didn´t quite hit the Gran Reservas. Although good wine provides more satisfaction than food you still need to spend on a decent few calories to keep up the daily demands of our nomadic existence. Now about 20km short of Burgos, the next major city on our path, the surrounds have changed to more
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