On the Road to Spain

 We are on the road to Spain, traveling through rural Portugal. Fig trees. Sandy Brown Fields . Small clusters houses. political advertisements for the election that was held about week ago. 



We will be passing through the Spanish region known as the Extremadura. Until this trip, I thought the term referred to climate conditions, but actor refers to historical events. It was the last section of Spain still controlled by the Muslims, as the Spanish monarchs pursued their century-long process of the Reconquista.

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