Molina de Aragón Day 2

This morning after a wonderful Parador breakfast we rested a bit then went out to explore the town and visit the castle.

Breakfast

When we walked down into Molina de Aragón an Easter procession was starting in front of the church. Molina de Aragón isn’t a big town so it wasn’t a big procession.

It was a beautiful day and the children seemed to enjoy being part of the procession

It was quite a climb up to the castle and we were looking down at the Parador on the other side of town

Climbing up to the castle.
The Parador is in the background and in the foreground are the ruins of the Jewish settlement just below the castle. It was created in the eleventh century.

We climbed up to the top of the highest tower on the castle wall. We had a great view. The stairs climbing up to the tower were treacherous but we made it. It was definitely worth the climb.

The view from the top of the tower.

After we hiked back down into the town we just lucked out to come upon the procession that we watched start earlier. At this point the solemn procession that we had seen starting out was now dancing and celebrating the resurrection..

The celebration

On our way back to the Parador we went over the 8th century Roman Bridge.

Duke on the Roman bridge

We had another great dinner at the Parador.

My Torreznos starter (essentially fried bacon) . It went really well with Duke’s smoked trout salad
We each had Lubina (sea bass) fit our main course.