Chilling in Burgos

A great relaxed day. We had breakfast at 8.30 (as I woke at 8 when we had been going to meet!)…then we set off separately - R and R were going to do an online tour of interesting things in Burgos that Rach had downloaded, and I was very happy to wander and explore - I just love the Plaza Mayor and the promenades along the river. We met up by chance at about 12, and climbed the many steps to see the castle - it was closed for renovation which didn’t matter greatly as it is mostly ruins, but walking round there you have amazing views over Burgos, and the surrounding countryside. By then we descended and felt ready for lunch…must have been about 2-2.30…I wanted us to go to La Cantina which was Amr’s favourite place to eat when I was in hospital…but whenever we want to it is full to overflowing…so we moved on and found another very pleasant place and had some croquettas and some tapas-like mini hamburgers…delicious and some yum dessert…then back to base and downtime…I meant to do some more wandering but just chilled and achieved nothing for quite a while…Met at 6 and more wandering till R and R left for the 7.30 mass at the cathedral- I was going, but arriving later, by that time Rich texted me that Rachel was going to do the second reading!! They did it in Spanish first, then R doing the English! She sounded very clear and good. They had talked to the nun yesterday about their parish and prayers for them, so had made friends. After that excitement we again tried for La Cantina and as usual it was full and we were looking into making a reservation for tomorrow when a table became vacant that we grabbed, so all good and we had pimientos padron, more croquettas and a few more tapas selections…good vino tinto and very happy. We were helped by a lovely girl who said speak English with me, I can’t speak Spanish! She turned out to be from Morocco and studying engineering in Spain…speaks French, English, Arabic but Spanish is her weakest! Walked back via an ice cream shop in the plaza Mayor and at 10pm it was buzzing - children playing and a carousel going, teenagers hanging about, people just sitting on all the benches watching the chaos and all bars and restaurants busy. A lovely city and very strong memories of Amr here. Despite not “walking” my count was: 10.67 km and 16,206 steps.Baca lagi