Too Many Churches, Too Many Palaces

We met our guide to Trujillo who escorted us through our hilltop fortress. The cities big claim to fame is the Conquistador Pissarro and his 3 brothers all from Trujillo, discovered Peru, stole their gold, brought disease to the New World then had a falling out with their fellow Conquistadors killing each other. Pissarro made three trips to Peru, dying there, murdered by other Conquistadors.

We saw lots of Churches, Palaces, and stone buildings, till they all blended into one giant stone edifice in our mind. We then drove to the city of Caceres where unsurprisingly there were more Churches, Palaces and stone buildings.

All of a sudden we had a moment of self-awareness. We were sick of looking at Churches, Palaces and Stone Buildings. This area of Spain had finally wore us down. In fact, I am not sure why the Christians and Muslims fought over it for 700 years.

We contacted our tour operator and said: "on to Portugal, we are tired of Spain". Tomorrow, we will drive to Portugal if we can find our driver. I am supposed to drive to the City of Caceres to find him. The directions are drive to the Caceres, when you see a giant Horse then turn left. When you see a large Cross do a “U” turn and he will be waiting for us. There are a lot of Crosses in Caceres. This should be an adventure.