Day 14 Caceres to Casar de Caceres

The third stage of the VDLP started back in Caceres. Getting to Caceres was very straightforward - fly to Madrid, taxi to Chamartin station and one of those great Spanish trains to Caceres. There were a group of very young looking soldiers on the train, presumably heading to the big military base at Badajoz.

It was too late to start walking on arrival day so spent a pleasant evening in this charming town and then the following morning enjoyed another walk around the old city. Why this place isn't overrun with tourists I will never know. As it is, the quiet narrow medieval streets take you back many centuries.

The first day's walk then was a short one: a quick 11km due north. Caceres has a particularly attractive bullring (just trying not to think of what happens inside the bullring) which one passes on the way out. That's the problem with having read Ferdinand the Bull too much to the children....

The weather was glorious - big blue skies over a dry landscape. And arrived in nice time to Casar de Caceres. Now I never knew that Casar de Caceres is famous. But it is. For its cheese. Near the apartment was a cheese shop selling Torta de Casar which is immodestly described as "the best cheese in the world". It's sheep cheese. It's nice. Best in the world? Jury is out on that one. If you want to really go for it, there is a Museum de Queso in the town. Back in Monasterio there was a Museum of Ham. What next? Museum of interesting side condiments?