And the sun shone

.....for an hour or two which meant that I leapt here and there, hung out of the car, strutted off in search of adventure and to add much needed paces to Pacer. 

Sylvia, 'our large car for this town' was inched out of her parking niche with a necessary thirty eight point turn to get her round a sharp and pointy ancient granite wall. The reward was a nail biting squeeze between lanky and scratchy buildings to get out of this proper historical, chunky buildings with bits sticking out, medieval hilltop fortress. We need to do some thorough googling to find out who was attacking who and why. Right then, we were attacked by the horn of an impatient motorist. Just as well Sylvia has nerves of steel.

Our palace - Palacio Chaves Hotel, Trujillo

The wire adds character. The front door is kept locked, probably against invaders. Notice the shadows created by the elusive sun.

Probably my favourite Palace picture

This painting was the subject of conversation over breakfast

We were ready to write a culture and criticism based essay on this one by the time we'd drained the coffee pot. 

A change of scene

This was today's habitat. We got lost trying to navigate our way through a small village - as usual. 

The fields were full of flowers

And birds 

Which were a little bit more difficult to find. This was just one of many Red-legged Partridges which found us.

Back home - Trujillo at night