After being sidelined for a couple of days with a very bothersome intestinal thing I had a great day today: 16 miles across what is just like the prairie in our western states. It is hot & flat & beautiful. Lots of it is farmed with a sophisticated irrigation system. This stretch had no towns or picnic tables, etc. When I finished I felt good--energized & kind of purified. In this stretch there is the most perfect extant stretch of Roman road left in Spain today. Emperor Augustus followed this route as well as Saint Francis of Assisi when he traveled to Santiago.
These are actual stones laid down by Roman slaves at least two thousand years ago. More photos from today:
This picture is from yesterday. It marks the half way point (starting from St. Jean in France, about 17 miles from where I started in Roncesvalles, Spain)
Bien Camino!
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