We all felt pretty good this morning after our really long day. We had a meager breakfast provided by the hotel of yogurt, and some hard bread with jam and butter. We passed the Episcopal Palace, an art museum built by Gaudí. One of only 3 Gaudí buildings outside of Catalan. Really interesting entrance. It…
Day 29 ~ Villar de Mazarife to Astorga
We have a very long day today. 19 miles. We are also finally starting to see the mountains in the distance. Our ending spot in Astorga is just over the beginning of the foothills. We have emptied our packs as much as we can. Today will be warm, and sunny, so we don’t need to…
Days 26 -28 León to Villar de Mazarife
We’ve arrived in Villar de Mazarife and I’ve starting receiving texts from all sorts of people asking how things are going. 🤣 Yes, it’s time for an update. Our VRBO we rented in León was great. It was a 5 bedroom apartment in the middle of everything. And it came with a cat. Not inside,…
Days 24 – 25 ~ Sahagun to El Burgo Ranero to Mansilla de las Mulas
Honestly…….there really isn’t much different going on in the past few days. We didn’t take that many photos as the landscape hasn’t changed at all. It’s been mown fields, and lots of wind, and a bit chilly. The only difference are the places we are staying. Some nicer than others, and one truck stop. It…
Day 23 ~ Calzadilla de la Cueza to Sahagun
Ain’t gonna lie. Today sucked. 22 mph headwinds, with gust up to 40 mph. Wind chill in the 30’s. 15 miles. I was not in a happy mood when we arrived. My nose ran all day on top of all that. Oh, and good old google maps had my accommodation address off by a whole…
Day 21 ~ Fromista to Carrion de los Condes
A bit of a shorter day today that we will make longer by a kilometer, by taking the scenic route along the river, which is really a stream, just so we don’t have to walk along the highway the whole time. It was a nice path thru the trees. We had a nice breakfast with…
Day 20 ~ Castrojeriz to Fromista
We had a long way to go today, 16 miles, so we started off before sunrise. We were not the only ones, though. I think there were 6 pilgrims that passed us by the time the sun had come up. We had a 500 foot hill to climb in a little under a mile with…
Day 19 ~ Hornillos to Castrojeriz
32º F this morning as we start off. Thankfully, there is no wind. We have a shortish hill climb to a plateau that warms us right up, then its endless plains for the next 13 miles…..today. We run into an odd person yesterday, calling himself “The Politician” wheeling a urinal behind him on one of…
Days 17 & 18 – Day off in Burgos then on to Hornillos
The morning of our day off started off with us going to the Cathedral de Santa Maria de Burgos. The second largest Cathedral in Spain. It was pretty darned big. I heard some singing, so I went in and they were having a service. So, we went in. There were only about 10 of us…
Day 16 ~ Atapuerca to Burgos
It was pitch black in the bunk house. My watch has a alarm setting that vibrates at the proper time so I don’t disturb anyone. So, I got up, washed my face, brushes my teeth and came back to the bunk. I laid there waiting to see if anyone else was getting up. I didn’t…