Well we have arrived in the Kansas of Spain. The whole day flat as a pancake minus a few farm houses peaking up in the distance. And the wind, lord all mighty. Justin thinks up to 30 mph. It nearly knocked us over several times.
The big news for today is my victory over Justin in the health department. We went to the pharmacy yesterday, despite his protests, because my shins were hurting me. They gave me some bandage tape/wrap to wrap up our shins while we walked. Justin´s shins were hurting him this morning so he agreed to use the wrap. Low and behold, 20 minutes later he feels great! He apologized as well and danced for a good part of the walk. Happy day!
We had a lovely, easy walk today despite it being by a road the whole way. We sang Disney tunes and haven´t run out of things to talk about yet.
Our alburgue is a little uncuddly, but the town here is nice and bustling. We don´t have a kitchen again which is too bad because we spent all day planning our dinner. Oh well.
Tomorrow we are taking a bus to Reliegos and cutting about 2 days walking out of our trip. We feel a bit like we are cheating, but we need to get to Leon by Friday so oh well.
This part of the trail has felt a lot emptier, I think because a lot of people skip Burgos to Leon. Hopefully it will liven up after Leon.
We miss everyone! Feliz camino to all!
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hey kids...so glad you've found a solution to your shin splints. and i love picturing you 2 singing disney songs and dancing. ah....young love. today, we met jon merz at thai taste for lunch!! had a great meal and got caught up with him. he brought lots of pictures and we brought lots of pictures....really good to see him. he's gonna be in the area for awhile now, so we hope to see a lot of him. it's been cold here this week...high 40's/and low 30's. put the roof on our suzuki today...finally. been driving it to campus beach every morning (with the dogs in the back) to meet melanie to walk. felt just a little bit foolish driving a convertible in these temps. well, we wish you continued good walks and tons of fun in leon. love, jan
Justin and Aleza-
I have been following your walk along the Camino with much interest. I am in the planning stages for my own walk next September and October from Roncesvalles to Santiago. I would like to take an iPod with me, but was wondering how difficult it would be to charge it up each day in the albergue. Any thought on this and any other advice you can give? Thanks, John in Woodland, CA.
hey guys!! so glad to hear that things are looking up! injuries overcome, and what not. as mom said, it's been really cold here. tonight's low is 20! yikes! only 1 degree away from the teens! i don't feel like i'm quite ready for that, but, alas, mother nature hold the cards. i hope you guys have a nice bus trip...as we all know, busses in foreign countries can be interesting, at times. cough, bus up the fjords in norway, cough. good luck and have a great time taking a little break in leon :) love you both!! -jess
p.s. aleza- thanks for the rapid responses to questions...it makes it seem a little more like we're all really conversing!
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