We finally got coffee and headed out to taxi over the mountain. Because we wanted more time at the archeological site in Atapuerca, we jumped ahead up the mountain by taxi and saved several walking hours.
walked this section October 12, 2019 The morning was a foggy swirl of mountain mist at Villafranca Montes de Oca where we spent the night. When we went to the coffee-bar for breakfast, we found a huge group of hunters from a Boar Hunting Club arrived simultaneously with us. Talk about local color! We finally got coffee and headed out to taxi over the mountain. Because we wanted more time at the archeological site in Atapuerca, we jumped ahead up the mountain by taxi and saved several walking hours. We walked from San Juan de Ortega into Atapuerca, a world heritage site. We dropped our backpacks at our pension, which was not yet open for checkin, and walk almost a mile out to the site. Unfortunately, being Saturday and a national holiday (the same reason we had all those boar hunters at the breakfast bar), all the tours were “completo”. Bummer! We walked back to town. We checked in and hated the place. One bath shared with at least four rooms. Electrical wires hanging out of the walls. Sloshy beds. And a cost that was higher than much nicer places we had stayed. I went hunting and found good accommodations at an albergue with some small private rooms. We swallowed the non-refundable reservation and moved happily across the street. Spent the rest of the day on art and chatting with other pilgrims at a Paneria with a lovely gazebo. In the evening, we had a picnic of cheese, bread, olives, and meats in the common area of the casa where our rooms were. The restaurants were packed with locals celebrating the national holiday, and we were much happier in our albergue's common room. A couple from Australia and two young American women who met as high schoolers in Hong Kong, joined us. There was no wifi. We did not care. We slept well!
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