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Fields of Gold
Well, another 4 or 5 days, another 100 or so kilometres under our belts. And socks. And aching, aching muscles. We are currently enjoying the hell out of our first official rest day of our camino so far, whiling away a cold, rainy, quiet Sunday in the great little city of Burgos. We were originally unconvinced by the general consensus among our on-again, off-again hiking partners that Burgos should be the first non-hiking, ...
Only 24kms today
... today. We managed to find a Panaderia (bakery) for some bread and biscuits to sustain us on the track and headed off. We stopped fairly early and had a cup of tea thanks to Pauls teabags then walked on. It was fairly hot and the last part of the route was on a gravel path but one of the Albergues had a car come along the pathe handing out water which was ...
Burgos - slow start, fast finish.
... highway towards Madrid. After about an hour of gridlock, having advanced a mere several kilometers, we pull off the road and into a gas station, rest area. It was packed with people having the same idea. There we chatted with a lady originally from Morocco, now living in Bordeaux, who was also waiting for the highway crowds to clear. She shared some Morrocan pastries with us as we whiled away an hour or so. As the highway did not appear ...
Day 13 - Atapuerca to Burgos
... in and stayed at the albergue. However, with knowledge of a secure bed at the end of the day, I slept in until 6.30am, which must be a record. I probably would have slept for longer if it wasn't for two french ladies who kept faffing around in the room packing their stuff. The rest of the evening group, with exception of Jimmy the Japanese, had left at 5.45am. My plan was: wake up when everyone has left, go to the bar at 7am for breakfast, and then ...
Burgos
... GPS vehicle navigation system is a god-send for what I'm doing, it does often try to send me down these same streets since, when my destination is a city/town w/o a street address, the middle of the old section is usually where it tries to take me. Also what works great for me is the plethora of roundabouts. Miss a turn? Not to worry, in a few moments you'll come to a roundabout. Rarely a need for an uncomely U-turn. Usually ...