Wednesday 17/09/24
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| la Virgen de las Montañas |
The weather is starting to change in this area and we were expecting rain overnight, so we used the last sunny day yesterday to cycle to Santa Cilia, a nearby town. Because it is quite high up against the mountains, it is the perfect point for viewing vultures but, as it is quite high up, it was a really tough cycle.
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The views were amazing and we spent some time just watching the vultures quietly circling wherever the thermals took them.
On the way down I decided to try the off-road cycle trail rather than the tar road but the track was so storm-damaged I had to abandon it and ended up dragging my bike through bushes to try and get back to the tar road again. Toni, sensibly, had taken the safe route and was waiting for me back at the road.
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| Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar |
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| Close up it was too big to get in a photo - very impressive! |
Because of the anticipated rain, we decided to pack up our awning and move back to France as the forecast is better over the next few days, however we had planned a trip to Zaragoza today so decided to delay our departure and head there for the day.
It turned out to be a lovely trip; for some reason we were both expecting a quietish town and were quite blown away by the scale of the town and the number of visitors - it was really busy. The basilica was well worth the visit but unfortunately photos were banned inside, it was extremely ornate and filled with people, quite a popular site for pilgrims.
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| We had brunch in an interesting 2D cafe, it was like being in a cartoon. |
We'll head back to France tomorrow as the next four days look very wet and we don't want to risk any more of the mountain roads washing away.
This really has been a lovely area to visit and definitely somewhere we would want to return to in future.
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