Walking in the Footsteps of the Saints: Calzadilla de los Hermanillos

dinner with the Riches

The wind is howling outside across the plains and I am lying on my twin bed (with sheets and a towel!!) in strangely what is one of the nicest albergues we have stayed in yet but one of the most desolate towns out in the middle of nowhere. It looks like a ghost town scene from a Clint Eastwood movie. The only thing missing is the tumbleweeds.

After blissfully sunny warm weather for nearly our whole walk so far, there is a change coming tomorrow but we're okay with that.

Yesterday, we took a rest day and spent a fantastic day with our good friends from the UK Jon and Marianne. They coordinated their vacation plans with our walk so that they could meet us here in Spain. Because they had a rental car, we were able to drive up north and see some of Spain not on the Camino. We went to a medieval village and castle in Frias, which was built on a mountain and was picturesque and charming. We had a nice picnic, came back to Burgos and toured the cathedral (opulent and spectacular!) and had another fabulous tapas dinner.

This morning they drove us back to continue our Camino but my foot was extremely sore and the ankle still quite swollen so I went to the urgent care in Sahagun while John walked.

From what I could understand since no one in the hospital spoke English, I have a strained ligament in my foot and was told that I need 3-4 days of not walking. Since we are now just two days outside of Leon, we are doing some strategizing to see how I can jump ahead a little. Still haven't worked out the details but we will figure it out.

Passed the halfway point today. I feel like we've been gone for months! Boy, am I sick of these clothes!!!