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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
... it was great to have it all clean again. We had the meal in the resturante in the albergue, served by the daugher who had changed into waitress clothes. Very versatile and very nice. A fairly good nights sleep for most of us. Poor David has really sore shins and didn´t get such a good nights sleep I think he was wondering about his ...
Burgos - slow start, fast finish.
We had originally planned to go to Madrid for 3 days but hearing that we would be there for their National holiday complete with extra tourists, closed venues and parades, we decided to pick 2 days in Toledo then head north for a day in Burgos. We were also glad to be able to spend time in a couple of smaller cities. We had hardly left the outskirts of Toledo when we realized that today being their holiday, many Spaniards had taken ...
Day 13 - Atapuerca to Burgos
... and will try to finish next year. He is some sort of science researcher, and as such kept asking questions about Spain, bull fighting, economy, etc. It made the 10kms pass very quickly. He did highlight that if there was one question he absolutely hated, that was "why are you doing el Camino". He said it was as personal as asking whether one is good at sex. I can't actually agree with the comparison but I guess it does reflect seriousness. Perhaps I should ...
Wetenswaardigheden
... straatje en werd gerund door een zeer aardige man. We mochten als fietsers naar binnen. De regel is dat lopers voor gaan. Fietsers kunnen nog makkelijk een stukje verder. Je komt alleen binnen als je officieel pelgrim bent, dat bewijs je door je pelgrimspaspoort. Je slaapt er voor € 6,- p.p Voor de fietsen was een apart hok dat afgesloten kon worden. We kregen 2 bedden toegewezen. Het zijn zaaltjes met stapelbedden. Wij kregen twee ...