After 8 hours of driving, with a stop to see Roman gold mines, now the
cars are parked and hotel rooms checked into... time to relax outside
of Cervantes House.
29 June 2012
Alcala de Henares
Our last major stop is Alcala de Henares. We've walked down to the old
city center to explore. Tomorrow we have to return the rentals and
catch our flight home.
city center to explore. Tomorrow we have to return the rentals and
catch our flight home.
Las Medulas
Las Medulas is an area of Roman-era gold mining. They worked these
placer deposits by re-routing water into the area to fill vertical
shafts and horizontal galleries they dug of varying widths, which
hydraulically collapsed the surrounding deposits and washed them into
a settling pond, where the gold could more easily be separated.
placer deposits by re-routing water into the area to fill vertical
shafts and horizontal galleries they dug of varying widths, which
hydraulically collapsed the surrounding deposits and washed them into
a settling pond, where the gold could more easily be separated.
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