There are highlights so I guess there must be lowlights. Today was one of them. Long, straight, completely flat—except for an initial steep downhill from Jimena and a long uphill at the end, as "Castillo" would imply—mostly farm track.
It reminded me of Navarra or Ohio:
But I don't know if either place does sheep:
Someone had the smart idea to turn the castle into a hotel:
But only the exterior is castle-y. The room is pleasant: simple, light, airy, mini-frig, good view, functional wi-fi. No doubt way more comfortable than the original!
May 31. The walk from Castillo de Castellar to Castellar de la Frontera began with this view:
Yes, Gibraltar!
The walk was only a couple of hours because I broke the stage in two in order to do some circular walks and to avoid a super long walk. So, after checking into the rather high-end hotel in Castellar—not to be confused with Castillo, only let's face it, the names are very confusing—which, surprisingly, they let me do at 10:00 a.m., I trudged off along the highway to the zoo (spelled 'zoo' in Spanish, too, but pronounced 'so' which led to a strange conversation con la señorita en la recepción. "¿Vas al zoo (hear "so')? Me: ¿Qué? thinking she had said "Are you going to the so=sol=sun given that final letters are often dropped in Andalucía. After a minute: Ahh! so=zoo! And she sold me my entry in case it would be crowded when I arrived. It wasn't.
Inter alia, there were birds:
and fish:
Turtles taking the sun:
And bigger, fatter snakes (who had a special heat lamp on them, ergo the red area on the white one!
Little cats:
Medium-sized cats:
And large cats:
And some porkers:
Trivia question: City in North America with the largest street fair (seven letters).
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