Thursday, 2nd of May 2013 - day 72
Another cool overcast morning, we rug up and start walking .... not a huge distance today, about 16-17km to Merida. half our walk today was adjacent to the main road ..... you don't always see it, but the noise is there, that can be annoying. After about 1 1/2 hours we veer away from the noise and wonder along a track beside a minor country road, little traffic, its flat going ... we make the outskirts of Merida after about 3 1/2 hours. cross the Rio Guadiana and enter Merida .... this is a large - ish rural town/city ... Roman ruins abound. We book into one of the local hotels for several nights as there is lots to see here. Clean up and head out for lunch, its almost warm with the temp up around 19-20C with the sun popping out occasionally ..... better weather on the way. We have a Yum Cha lunch in a Chinese restaurant that we stumble upon ..... then do the sights after some shopping for the basics (toiletry stuff mainly) ..... then onto the ruins of the "Anfiteatro" and its environs, its actually in pretty good nick considering its age. This takes the rest of the afternoon and early evening, as there is lots to see. We have diner and then back to our rooms, its around midnight again and feeling a tad tired.