Barren lands

We have now driven all the way accross Spain & into Portugal. I know there are some parts of inland Spain that are beautiful & well worth visiting but I must say that most of what we saw from Vitoria Gasteiz to Badajoz was pretty barren. There was some nice looking rocky mountains nearer the North but the further we travelled inland the flatter & more barren the land became. The land was very dry, I don't expect it has seen much (if any) rain for a few months & everything looked brown & dried out. There was very few crops or animals grazing & I wonder how the people living out here make a living as the tourism is all concentrated on the coast. It did make a difference from the mountain driving we did last year around some parts of Spain though & for a couple of days we did nearly 300 miles each day as there was nothing much to stop for. It also meant we got to Portugal a lot sooner than we expected!

 View towards Caceres