Hotel La Alegria 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.

... miró fijamente a los ojos, me dio la mano, y me dijo "Encantado". Derretido. No podía gritar como una loca, me tuve que contener. La visita a la fábrica fue privada, reservada a los dueńos de la empresa, pero luego hubo unos cuantos discursos en la carpa instalada para el evento en el párking: el alcalde de Valdefresno, el Vicepresidente de la Junta de Castilla y León, el Presidente de ...

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 ...

... bakery. After eating, the waitress left me a slip of paper, with the number 7 written on it - pretty expensive breakfast!!! When I inquired about it, it turned out that it wasn't the price, but the number of the server. I was supposed to take the slip of paper to the cashier, where they would calculate the total. The bakery was only so-so, but I would definitely return for the clientele! One had an Elena Anaya thing going on - in other ...

... at the end. We decided to leave some unnecessary weight in Leon, in a consigna in the bus station, where we could pick it back up later. We called ahead, to make sure that we could use the lockers for 12 days, and to find out the cost (3 Euro/day). The chode we talked to didn´t mention that the consigna had very limited hours over the weekend, so when we arrived to unload two heavy daypacks, we found it closed until ...

... beautiful spirit because of her obedience to Abraham and her faith in God. After this Peter turns to the husbands and tells them to be considerate and respect their wives. This was not an easy thing to say, especially at that time. Now women enjoy many of the same rights as men, but it wasn't too long ago that women were denied the right to vote and own property. They were considered of little value and usually not treated with respect so when Peter said to treat women with respect ...

... fantastisk deilig etter nesten uke paa Mesetaen i kulde, regn og motvind. 18.etappe: I dag har vi nesten fullfort mesetaen. Vi har gaatt bein frem i hele dag, men vaeret har vaert mye bedre, selv om temperaturen er lav. 7-8 grader og vind gjor det lite fristende aa sette seg ned langs veien for aa spise og hvile lenge av gangen. Likevel: En fin dag med godt underlag for beina. Mat: Hvis noen lurer paa hva vi spiser kan vi fortelle at ...

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 ...

Leaving Mansilla we were expecting a bad stage, but nothing could have prepared us for what was to come. The books said the 18km from Mansilla to Leon was not kind to the pilgrim and they werent wrong. Each province seem to have differing opinions on how important the Camino is and Castilla Y Leon couldnt give a rats ass! For long stetches there was no path, giving us no option but to walk ...

... the way, which isnt so horrible since right now since there isn´t a lot of traffic between these high plains pueblos. Looking out to the left or right, or even doing a full cirlce, and its amazing to see such a large sky, and to see for the most part nothing, maybe a pile of stones 4km away, maybe a small hill, maybe a church tower 5 km in another direction. All the crops are dead and the land iseemingly barren, but i know that in the summer tall grasses like wheat cover the ...