Our Rest Day in Leon

We started the morning by sleeping in at a poshy hotel called MyPalace and then to the sauna, whirlpool and steam room within the hotel.

Checkout time onto next hotel, but a few hours to spend before checking at LaPetite Hotel. It is even closer to the Cathedral and the wonderful square for plenty of people watching!

Now to lunch at Topo Pizza for a Romantica pizza which has bacon, jamon and fresh mushrooms. Lee Dunn there was an anchovie and tuna version!

Checked into LaPetite Hotel. Not as posh as last night, but the host makes up for that with charm, insider info on must visit places and assistance with getting us a cab for tomorrow to get us out of busy and confusing industrial part of Leon and into the well walked path with other pilgrims. Also, we’ll send ahead our backpacks. Haven’t done that yet, but it feels that less stress on both our bodies would be a good thing.

I picked up the backpack after the spa had relaxed my muscles and it felt like I was picking up a bag of rocks - 10x heavier than the day before and not a thing different inside.

After tonight’s one hour pilgrim massage I am really going to not carry that pack 12 miles. The backpack transport company is run by a group of widowed business women. A feel good contribution and a very important service offered to pilgrims. For many it can mean the saving of their walk or the making possible their walk. The backpack transport service costs 6€ per pack and is picked up from one stay and waiting for you at the next stay as long as you place it in a designated pickup location at your departure hotel by 8am. With an envelope filled out with proper details and holding cash.

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