The Goat |
I did, however,
manage to catch up with Maria de la Verdad, who would prefer to remain
anonymous, but I have taken the liberty to name and shame. She recently moved
here from Madrid. Not by choice, though. No, she left the fiesta, the tapas and
the dizzy heights of the nation's capital to teach English here at the local
school due to enforced circumstances. She makes the 180 kilometers journey home
to Madrid every weekend as she goes in search of life.
Speaking to the
children is a challenge in itself as their homes are more like zoos than places
in which to live, given the long lists of animals they possess.
I wonder if this
place should be twinned, somehow, with Swafield.
Sandwiched between
Avila and Plasencia like an unwanted sundried tomato, Hoyos del Espino lives up
to all expectations as I didn't have any before I arrived.
I did go for a
hike in the nearby mountains which was nice.
Then I got the bus
to Madrid.