Day 13 - Rabé de las Calzadas to Castrojeríz

The walk today was dominated by mostly flat landscape with fields of mostly hay, from what my urban experience can tell. It's already been baled into these HUGE, well organized stacks over 50 feet long and over 25 feet tall! You can see the hay stacks from miles and miles away. There were some small rolling hills, nothing really outstanding or difficult. There was one neat part where the roadway I walked along actually went through the middle of the ruins of the Convent of San Anton, which was used from the 12th to 18th centuries. Only a few walls and arches still remain, including arches over the road.

Spain is a REALLY green country! And I'm not talking about plant life. I'm talking about caring about the earth and preventing global climate change. I've seen several wind farms, with enormous wind turbines to generate electricity. There have been a few under construction that I've seen. Every town, from the dumpsters that people put their household waste into, to the trashcans on lightpoles in the parks, are divided into several receptacles: paper products, glass, compostable, and other rubbish. I've only seen one incandescent lightbulb in Spain and guessing by its appearance, it's older than I am! It's nice to see that as a country, they are taking initiative to prevent the impact of it's citizens on dangerous and lasting changes to the earth and it's climate. We should follow such an example in the United States!

On I walk.