Camino Via de la Plata, VdlP: April 25 Alcuescar to Caceres (Stage 12)

Stu chillin in Caceres

We woke up to a delightful breakfast that Theresa laid out for us. We can highly recommend our Casa Rural, "Via de la Plata" in Aldea del Cano. Theresa is a good cook and very kind. Her place is beautiful. She even arranged to get the keys so we could see the church. We then ventured out of town to look over the yellow arrows to be sure we could find them in the morning dark. There was a slight drizzle when we started off. There has been no rain here for 4 months so the farmers are very happy. It had rained the night before so the dirt was slippery and we had to dance back and forth to keep our footing. The camino seemed to be well marked in this section. It was dark when we left and very overcast. Theresa, the owner of the casa rural in Aldea del Cano, had called ahead to her friend, Paqui, in Caceres and arranged a room for us in her home. Paqui met us in the Plaza Mayor, and took us to her house. The room turned out to be like a small apartment. It has a bathroom with shower, bedroom with 2 beds, living room with couch and television and kitchen with stove, microwave and refrigerator. She has pots and pans dishes etc. in addition milk and cafe and tea as well as bread and sweet roles butter and jam. Absolutely beautiful. The cost is $45 a night. She is 2 minutes from Plaza Major and the Old City. Paqui 's tel number is 652944335 She has a washing machine you can use and wifi. We then spent the afternoon touring the Old City filled with Roman buildings. We stopped and did some shopping so we made a delicious lentil dinner with red peppers mushrooms onions and asparagus Not to mention the required cookies for in bed reading.