Time flies, here it is the 14th already. After Caceres, we went to Salamanca, Stayed in a hotel for the price we were expecting to pay for a hostel. it even had wifi. We wandered Salamanca, saw the castle and other very old buildings. This was Ben's first area of his mission. Seth drove to here and I took over for the next 2 days. We found a geocache by a small church in the old part of town. It was a micro stuck on a metal bench. I twisted my ankle and bought a cheap cane to walk with.
The next day we drove to Cocoa which has a well preserved castle to explore, the steps were too high for me and lots of them. It wore on my knees. After Cocoa We drove to Segovia where the castle is the one that the castle in sleeping beauty. WE stayed in a hotel just off the plaza de mayor.
When we got up, we found it was market day. the plaza was full of stalls selling fruits, vegetables, sweets, clothes, whatever someone thinks needs to be sold once a week. We left and drove to a monument called the valley of the fallen. A monument Franco build to those who died in the spanish civil war. It also has a monestery. There was a mass going on when we got there so we could not go in where it was being held. The monument is a 500 meter high cross.
After we left there, we drove to the Madrid Temple. Checked into housing. Ben and I took the car back to the rental agent and rode the metro back to the templ. We got cleaned up and attended a session. After the session we went out for pizza. Rosie, Seth, Jen and I went looking for a geocache, but it appears to have been muggled. We came back and talked a while and now we are going to sleep.