. En route; a descriptive automobile tour through nine countries & over nineteen great passes of Europe . CHAPTER XIII THE DESIRE OF OUR HEARTS The three days continuous rain had not tended toimprove the road ; from Talavera it became, if pos-sible, worse, and our wheels sank deep into thesodden ground. At Navalmoral de la Mata we leftthe main road to Portugal, and crossing a massivestone bridge high over the Tagus, now a roaringtorrent, we began to traverse a noble mountainpass. Trujillo, our destination for the night, nestlesupon the crest of a barren hill, from which it seemsto gaze sleepil
. En route; a descriptive automobile tour through nine countries & over nineteen great passes of Europe . CHAPTER XIII THE DESIRE OF OUR HEARTS The three days continuous rain had not tended toimprove the road ; from Talavera it became, if pos-sible, worse, and our wheels sank deep into thesodden ground. At Navalmoral de la Mata we leftthe main road to Portugal, and crossing a massivestone bridge high over the Tagus, now a roaringtorrent, we began to traverse a noble mountainpass. Trujillo, our destination for the night, nestlesupon the crest of a barren hill, from which it seemsto gaze sleepily upon its bare surroundings as thoughunconscious of its fame as the birthplace of the con-queror of Peru. For ten miles on either side of Truj illothe road is excellent, hard, well made, and keptin a state of perfection. And the things we said aboutthose in authority who maintained the road would,had they heard them, have made them blush. Also,all too soon the good road crosses a dreary marshand degenerates into a sandy track covered deepwith countless stones and reducing us to a walkingpace. The th
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