Camilo Jose Cela went all over Trillo until nightfall, when light reflects in the river and it is dinner time. The author of Journey to the Alcarria might have had too much for dinner: “Excuse me, sir, padron my curiosity; when you eat fried eggs, do you always have five? The traveller does not answer; he feigns being asleep. Outside, in the midst of an impressive silence, the waterfall of the Cifuentes roars monotonously” Journey to the Alcarria, Camilo Jose Cela.
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