Hospederia Via de La Plata León

I did´n get to see munch of Madrid exept the metro system. Went to the airport to straighten things with Air Comet/AeroMexico and then back to the train station. Quite tiring.
But Trini was so nice, a perfect host !
Leon is a nice middle-sized city with a beautifull cathedral and narrow streets typical from spain, and of course a good nightlife. I went out this night with Ruth (Trini´s daughter) and her friends, and had a great time !
I like spain, I´ll be back next year.

Hi Everyone.

Carl and Sara here.....

Others may come type a message later. Things here are beautiful....... the walking is wonderful. Today we walked 17km from a little place just outside of Astorga. Everyone is enjoying this immensely. The weather has been great and warm. Tommorow we finish the mountain range. Today was mostly uphill and we are all feeling it. The food has been interesting..... Most of the ...

Apenas hace una semana que volví del maravilloso viaje, y prácticamente ya no me acuerdo, ¡qué inmersión en la rutina!

Ayer, el Presidente del Gobierno de España, José-Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, y la Ministra de Igualdad, Bibiana Aído, inauguraron oficialmente la fábrica de obleas de silicio para la industria fotovoltaica para la que trabajo.

Nos avisaron con 4 días, que han ...

I arrived to Leon at 6 in the morning (and yes, the sun goes up at something around 8 here:) and just following the camino:

I met a group of for ...

... train station and found out that there was a bus going to Leon, and it left in one hour. (In the meantime I had gone downstairs to the Burger King for some comfort food, and got in a fight with the manager over my missing french fries, all in spanish, of course.) We rushed to the bus station, and stood in line for 30 minutes, after which the ticket lady told us the bus was full (esta completo). We stared at her dumbly ...

... yp*ck to signify th*t we're doing 'the w*lk'), * b*seb*ll c*p with the Sp*nish Steps logo embroided on it, our "locker" - * cloth b*g to keep on the mini-bus where we c*n store things th*t we might need during the d*y *nd, fin*lly, * det*iled m*p *nd itiner*ry outlining tomorrow's hike. Im*ges from the d*y include wind turbines, red poppies, huge fields of purple *nd white he*ther, yellow broom, gr*pe vines *nd misty vist*s. We w*lked *bout 10 km tod*y.

... I think a lot of people take this advice in the wrong way and think that he is saying that wives should do whatever their husbands want all the time. I realize that is NOT what he means here but rather that the wife should respect her husband as the head of the household and submit to his decisions. The wife should behave in such as way that an unbelieving husband will be able to see a change in her and come to Christ through that. He also talks about the beauty of a woman. Peter ...

Today was pretty normal during the morning. I went to my classes as usual, and even got to help out a little in the English class (boy is that class wild!) After class I went and ate lunch and was finally able to do a little bit on the internet. I also had my first Spanish class. It was ok. There are only 6 other students in the class. One girl ...

... maligned for not speaking the language of the country they're visiting, yet almost none of the French or Italians (and there were lots) I met along the way could speak Spanish (I know this because I asked them). León is, without looking at any sort of reference book, probably the biggest city on the camino. The walk into the city (or, really, most of the big cities on the camino) was dirty & exhaust-filled ...

... Since we left Burgos he´s only been eating bread and water, and been speaking only during nighttime hours, a practice he continues until his first day in leon (which is today! good meal robert!). And i have lost my desire to walk far and fast -- i wish to be arriving in santiago, and then finesterre, but i want to be able to go at my own pace, at a pace that lets me enjoy the scenery, enjoy my walking, enjoy my time, and enjoy my thoughts. Walking 40 km (or 26 miles ...