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[QUOTE="Rebekah Scott, post: 626132, member: 271"] I know the upper end of the Madrid pretty well, having Ditch-Pigged it, and having studied the vernacular architecture in these towns with my local Adobe Co-Op. It's a fascinating part of Spain. Don't count on staying at Grajal. Finding the guy with the key is very hit-or-miss, some people there are convinced the albergue is unfinished and is never open. La Vid, the bar/restaurant alongside the plaza, is reliably good, if slow. They make good burgers! There is also a tiny grocery store in Grajal. Catching a train from Grajal is also a curious idea. In all the years I've been riding trains hereabouts, I have never seen a train stop at Grajal. Maybe I'm just not so lucky? The last time I walked the Madrid we stopped at Sanhervas on a Tuesday. We were given a tour of the Ponce de Leon museum, a video, and a tour of the church, but there was NOTHING to eat in the town, the little restaurant and store were closed up tight. I understand the mayor will help you out when this happens. It was most disconcerting. Also, there's a good bar/restaurant in Cuenca de Campos with a superb lunchtime Menu, name is Casa Tatu or Tata or something like that. Some endangered type of bird nests in the tower of the old convent, there is an observation tower built just for watching for these birds. Talk your way into the convent if you can, it is now owned and rather abused by a big farming family, still spectacular in a ruined sort of way. Once you get to Villalon, see if you can wangle your way into the church, it is magnificent! If you have to kill some time, ask to see the bodegas. The ground beneath the entire town is honeycombed with tunnels and caves, it's truly cool to see... there's a pharmacy under the arcades by the church that closed in about 1950, and the family has preserved it untouched. Ask around! The hospitalera there is a sweetheart. In Sahagun I recommend you stay with the Marist Fathers at the Madres Benedictinas convent of the Holy Cross. Shared meal, pilgrim Mass and blessing, and small en-suite rooms for a 5 euro minimum donativo. ..in a splendid historic structure with its own cloister. [/QUOTE]
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