Devall Travels

Is it Day 4 already? Check-out is noon at the Parador and that gives plenty of time to walk outside the walls to take a look at them from the outside.  The Parador is not all that much different in price to other hotels in the area, more expensive inside the walls than outside it had to be said.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walls_of_Ávila It is very impressive. The city is surrounded by a huge plain and the "new" City is built outside the walls. Even though the wall goes right by the Parador garden there is no access, up or down here. After a walk around the inside we found a pay desk near the cathedral. As we wwre leaving for Toledo, we didn't pay the entry fee to the walk on the Walls. We had breakfast in another café in the same square as last nights dinner. Before packing the bags for the get-away. Tyre claimed today we have only 78 miles to ride. TomTom turns the numbers around to 87! We'll see. ...

We finally arrived at the Parador in Ávila at about 6pm.  We opted to park in the garage at €14 rather than leave Döra in the street. A good choice but it seems that €14 buys a car space but the knob in the adjoining space thought it was okay to park on my side of the painted white line.  Luckily I was on holiday and didn't have to scrape his/her paintwork to get out. Once showered and in civvies we walked up to the main square for a beer or two and ended up staying in the same place for dinner. The two course €12 menu included wine. Excellent value that the French might like to consider! Tomorrow we better check out the medieval walls!