Week 3 Spain
Hola!
Wow--week three--where does the time when you are having fun!! The week has been filled with Spanish study, hiking 10 miles every day and fitting in some English tutoring.
Thankfully, the weather is getting brighter, and my cold is getting better, though I am coughing a lot still!!
Today was a big day of travel. Up at 5:00 AM, Havi drove me downtown so that I could pick up the tour to a place called Caminita del Rey, meaning small path of the king. The King was Alfonso the 13th, who opened a hydro electric dam back in 1921. The place is where the trail is. it was absolutely breath taking.
Nothing much had been done to keep up the old tracks around the mountain. In the year 2000, a zip line was introduced. Unfortunately, it failed and three young men plunged to their death, so the trail was closed.
It was just reopened 3 years ago with state of the art safety. It was well worth the trip as you will see from the pictures.
Yes, lookat the old path under the new path!!
Very safe!
crossing the bridge
looking straight down
Check out the folks behind me!
Yes, the glass bridge looking down!
Yes, the close up
Pretty darn neat!
Wow--week three--where does the time when you are having fun!! The week has been filled with Spanish study, hiking 10 miles every day and fitting in some English tutoring.
Thankfully, the weather is getting brighter, and my cold is getting better, though I am coughing a lot still!!
Today was a big day of travel. Up at 5:00 AM, Havi drove me downtown so that I could pick up the tour to a place called Caminita del Rey, meaning small path of the king. The King was Alfonso the 13th, who opened a hydro electric dam back in 1921. The place is where the trail is. it was absolutely breath taking.
Nothing much had been done to keep up the old tracks around the mountain. In the year 2000, a zip line was introduced. Unfortunately, it failed and three young men plunged to their death, so the trail was closed.
It was just reopened 3 years ago with state of the art safety. It was well worth the trip as you will see from the pictures.
Yes, lookat the old path under the new path!!
Very safe!
crossing the bridge
looking straight down
Check out the folks behind me!
Yes, the glass bridge looking down!
Yes, the close up
Pretty darn neat!
The area is a haven for pigeons, falcons and many other birds. It is a protected area for mountain sheep, elk and goats.
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