The Road from Santiago

  It is a day of wide open spaces and a road we really ought to be walking down but Google says its ok so there we go - I’m sure streetview has our best interests at heart. Today we have a few more words to fill in the blanks on the map. Tramite - “Annoying bureaucratic stuff”—the many little tasks you must complete to get something done . Verguenza ajena - second hand embarrassment. To be honest, I identify with this one. Costarse - to be difficult / hard to do. Estrenar - to wear something new for the first time. We are going into one of those restaurants which exist on a road and seem to have collected a few buildings around it. El Asador de Inaki.  Wednesdays to Friday they open 6am to 8pm. The same of Sunday and Monday. Saturday you get to eat till 10pm. 849 people gave reviews and 4.2 stars were awarded. Six days ago Silvia said ‘A spectacular place!! It's like stepping back into feudal times, exquisite grilled food, and Eva's service is warm and friendly. 100% recommend...

  After yesterday’s excitement, today has only the joy of 12th Novembers past. 1627:  Diego Luis de San Vitores is born in Burgos. He founded the first Catholic church on Guam. He was killed by the locals, after rumours were spread that the baptismal waters were poisoned.  1912: Jose Canalejas, President of the Council of Ministers, is assassinated in the Puerta del Sol, Madrid.  Canalejas was a Lawyer and supporter of Regenerationalism - the movement that wanted Reforms following the Disasters of 1898.  He held various posts, including Minister of Justice, of Finance and Public Works.  He was assassinated by the anarchist Manuel Pardinas Serrano. 1956: Dr Juan Negrin, President of the Council of Ministers of the Spanish Republic from 17th March 1937 to 31st March 1939. He died in Paris. 1985: The UN Decolonization Commissions approves a resolution urging the UK and Spain to sort out the Gibraltar dispute. 1989: Dolores Ibarruri, La Pasionaria, first woman ...

What I love about this is by accident, whim or pure mischance we end up going to places I have never heard of but now want to go to,  Enter Morella. The fighting fantasy world is full of hill top bewalled towns, such as Blighty does not seem to provide. Spain does. Morella is one of them. It has a splendid and up to date website which has lots of pictures on it and the diary on it is up to date. Unfortunately we have just missed XI Trobada de Dimonis.  Nothing is down for today but I suspect it may be filled up by the time this is published. https://www.morella.net/   The area has been settled with the usual crowd. Unusually it has a cave painting of the earliest depiction of archery used in combat known to humanity. https://artrupestre.com/en/yacimiento/galeria-del-roure/   It is thought to dates from 7200-7400 years ago, The Romans took over a Punic town and made it there's, as did the Visigoths, the Moors and El Cid is reputed [i.e. probably didn’t] rebuild the wa...