Hola amigos!
It´s Aleza again, so there will be a temporary pause to the wild formatting. Lo siento.
This past week we´ve slowed down a bit. We took a days rest in Burgos because the crazy Alburgue dude said peregriños can stay an extra night to sight see.
The weather has been cold, but little rain, LOTS of wind.
For other peregriños I´m supposed to spread the word that San Bol has an alburgue that will be open all winter- according to the slightly judgemental Dutch woman- and there is food there as well if anyone is interested.
My favorite quote from the Dutch woman:
Justin: Why is there a bag of water hanging from the ceiling?
Dutch woman: Why don´t you meditate on that for a little while.
Justin in the end decided it was a memorial to a long lost goldfish.
Justin´s foot has been hurting him- the one with the unhealed broken toe- partly due to over compensation for his shin splints. We are taking it slow and will catch a bus to Leon if need be to meet our friend Maria this Friday.
We´re currently very hungry because NOTHING stays open on Sunday. The Dutch woman did save us because she had food which kept us going for the next 4 hours of walking.
Aleza: Do you have any food?
Dutch woman: Do I barge into your house and ask for food without introducing myself?
We are currently walking through the Spanish highlands that most people skip on the camino by taking a bus from Burgos to Leon. Justin really likes it. It is very flat although a little eerie. Lots of plateaus of harvested crop land.
It´s always bizzarre walking into towns between 2 and 5pm because that´s naptime for the Spaniards and zombie time for us. We walk in with only the sound of our walking sticks clanking against the cobblestones. All the windows are shut and there is not a soul around.
Oh and for Jess- we´ve met about 5 Americans those far. We can always spot them by their terribly American Spanish accents. Yesterday we met a girl from Springfield, IL who is moving to Chicago three days before we get there. Pretty wild.
And in Burgos we said goodbye to our faithful campanion David de carolina de norte. We walked with him for a week and it was a great time. Lots in common and nice to have other people around as we occassionaly get sick of each other ;) He took the bus to Leon though, so hopefully we´ll meet up with him in the US.
Keep the questions coming! Justin´s lip and beard are regrowing with record speed!!
LOVE to all!
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2 comments:
Hola mi querido peregrinos & to all other peregrinos. I'm going to try this blog posting thing again - hope it works! Really enjoyed the last 2 postings! I can just imagine how weird it must be to come into a town which is mostly asleep when you are muy cansado (is that right?) Who is this dutch woman you were talking about? Did I miss something on an earlier entry? And is David de Espana the same person as David de Norte Carolina? Hope it doesn't get much colder and that Justin's toe gets better and that you don't run into too many more nazi albuerge dudes.
A random thought(and not to self - have to remember to give Sitarz's Denise & Michael's phone #, so they will have another option for calling you. It's cold here too high today was 45, but it was sunny. It was 80 in San Fran yesterday and 90 in LA. Crazy!
That's all for now. Can't believe you will be "home" in a month! Soy muy contenta!
Buen and safe caminos a todo.
Love, JillyB
Aleza, are you doing el Camino de Santiago? I did that (but only for 4 days) when I was in Barcelona junior year. What good memories and a good trip to do! :-) Best of luck with all your travels. I'll be in Thailand for a few days the beginning of Feb and I'll think of you! :-)
Bethany
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