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Rabanal ....and further on......The Way now 2/3 completed

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August 18th 2012
We walked about 16km and were having a rest and something to eat in Rabanal...... My back was starting to feel.... under strain.... - I think it began after the sleep in the schoolhouse/albergue where it was so cold ( though we weren't cold in the beds) and it was a bit of a poor and saggy mattress.... Originally we had planned to walk further on, but as we were looking around the village the ... read more

Europe » Spain » Castile & León

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more