Out of Burgos, you enter the meseta, the table or flat lands. While there are still hills, they’re generally rolling instead of up/down.
Miles and miles of wheat and oat fields that are studded with wind turbines. White limestone roads that remind me of Whitney and a natural quiet that is both eerie and welcome. Your footsteps, the wind and nature around you is all you hear.
We stayed in Hornillos del Camino last night at the Albergue El Alfar which was run like a family including the sister who doctored my sore knee in a very sisterly way…many thanks.
Our new friends, Dawn and Nallie are good people and I look forward to spending more time with them, we met early on and have kind of kept the same pace. We could never understand how Dawn always looked so good until they told us that the ship stuff ahead…including a hair dryer. Dawn is a beautiful woman in all senses, I call her the Queen and there is no insult intended. She just has a very regal presence even as she scolds me about getting to a doctor to check out my knee.
Steve and Chris also joined us for dinner, another TX connection who I met way back with Leo and Donna. She is a Professor at A&M and he at Houston Baptist College. They’re figuring out the Camino as they go, just like the rest of us.
Out early today (June 2nd), glorious sunrise over the rolling hills. My knee didn’t warm up as quickly as in past days and I was in a bit of a funk and didn’t want to walk with anyone because of the negative thoughts that dominated my morning.
Finally started to to feel better about 10K in, L&R caught up at Hontanas as did Sarah from Houston/Chicago.
Sarah and I walked to the ruins at San Anton together, very bright young woman that will do well in whatever she chooses to do after Med School in my opinion. Parted ways at the ruins, awesome and I’ll add pics when I can, L&R came in and we regrouped just in time for a rain shower.
The Camino went right through the Convent.
Into Castrojeriz with it’s ruined Roman/Moors fortress and 2 significant Iglesias to our home for the night at Albergue Orion run by Sanghui and Dani a Korean woman and Spanish man. Nice, clean, welcoming. We lucked out again, the 3 of us have a private room/bath, Yay! The Pilgrims dinner is Bipembop a Korean rice dish. Much cooler today with some rain.
We toured the church and had the keeper give us a tour, we also got a stamp and left a couple euros in the collection box. We’d heard that northern Spain may have a problem with tropical mosquito borne malaria so, we went for a prophylactic dose of Gin and Tonic at the local bar. We think this is prudent under the circumstances.
Excellent dinner with Nallie and Dawn, wide ranging conversations and invites to visit, I think sincere.
Poor planning on my part requires that we jump ahead tomorrow. While we were planning stages, somehow I have us going from A-B and then B-D. We probably could have made a couple long days to catch up but on sore wheels, probably a good idea to take a rest. By passing Fromista and going directly to Carrion de los Contdes, I hope we don’t lose contact with our friends from SA or Alex who is still in Burgos.
I may may need to see a Doc in Leon about my knee, I hope not. Concerned about doing more damage.