Hotel Paris 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.<br>But Trini was so nice, a perfect host !<br>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 !<br>I like spain, I´ll be back next year.<br>

... 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 dueños 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 ...

... should I refer to them as Catalans?) going with the bikes as well, so we went together a little, they were nice.<br><br>to be continued...<br><br><br><br>

... There were large parts of the road where it appeared that it was paved with small stones. Hard to describe, but the small stones were so packed into the ground that it was a hard surface and very easy to walk on. The distance was approx. 18.03 km, two bicyclists passed us and we saw two other Pilgrims the entire walk to Regiegos. Will be one of my favorite stretches of Camino, I´m sure.<br> <br>Pushed the distance today so that we would have ...

... yet, we drove about 200 km to Leon. We took the Autopista, which allowed us to drive 120 kph. There were lots of tunnels, the longest being 4.1 km - sorry Connor, but I couldn´t hold my breath in that one! The drive took us through the Picos de Europa, an amazing group of mountains. We had a bit of a fiasco at the 2nd of two tollbooths - Jim pulled into a lane that was closed, and a huge semi pulled in behind us. There was a barricade in ...

... I didn't have good enough Spanish to yell at them and tell them to stop so the teacher intervened for me and yelled at them for a minute. We tried to sing the song again and they still were standing on their chairs and goofing off so I decided that it was time to sit down and work in the activity book until the end of class time. I hope when my professor comes to observe me they will be better behaved! Now on to Sunday, still haven't found a church so I am continuing with ...

Today was pretty much a normal day at school. Roberto wasn't there today so I spent the day with the second grade. I got to see Rita do an English class with them. Second grade is more like a normal America school where the students only have one teacher (except for special classes like English or P.E.). The kids were a little squirrelly, like all kids are, and they used pretty ...

... stained glass windows that I'm surprised there's enough stone to hold it all up! Apparently this was the day when everyone round here gets married. I saw 3 weddings arrive at the cathedral during the day and two more at other churches in the old town. I can't say I blame them, it's a beautiful setting. I met up with some pilgrims that I thought were way ahead of me too and it was really nice to catch up. Andreas I met at the airport in Bayonne and I hadn't ...

... before the sun was up or i could even see the trail markers. i decided that i wanted to fast that day - the whole motivation behind me wanting to strike out on my own was i had felt still insulated from something, something of the real camino experience, and i wanted to find whatever that was. i walked about 27 kms - 15 or 17 miles - before i finally wore myself out and laid down in the grass for a nap. when i woke up i realized i wasn´t gonna be able to ...

... and walking shoes, there were many pairs of cool Vans, and the cool in me was more than torn in half. luckily, Trae and the Tams (on her last day with us) refused to condone my stylish foolishness and i purchased a pair of seemingly ugly but very practical walking shoes with goretex for only &euro;130. i hated them that first day but i quite love them now - they are light and lace up very fast and the new wore off after only one day of walking through mud and rocks and asphalt ...