Day 14 - Burgos

We stayed up late last night and wanted to visit the museum of human evolution so will take a bus to Castrojeriz today. As well, one of us is still struggling with a foot injury and another one is sick with a fever. The only bus leaves at 5:30 pm so we had a lot of time to kill. I also went to Correos to send some items to Santiago since I bought a sleeping bag and some warmer clothes at Decathlon and wanted to reduce the weight of my backpack with unnecessarily items like my headphones, fan, extra toiletries, and clothes.

I woke up a bit early to say goodbye to Suzanne who is headed back to the Netherlands and then we reheated our leftover dinner for breakfast. We spent some time cleaning the apartment and checked out at 11 am. The Korean Canadians were jumping ahead to Sarria given their shorter timeline.

We dropped off our backpacks at the cathedral lockers which only require 1 euro deposit and then walked to the post office. For 15 euros, they sent my items to the Correos in Santiago and can hold it for up to 30 days.

Next we visited the bus station but they wouldn't sell us tickets until 5pm. We then went to the museum of human evolution which was just okay for me. I felt the exhibits could be more dynamic or interactive. I only spent an hour there exploring the 5 floors but other pilgrims had spent hours there engrossed in the exhibits.

Since I was finished early, me and Den went to wait in the cafe next door to have coffee and wait for the others. It is down to 4 of us now after some left and others walked to Hornillos de Camino this morning. I took a short nap and then we went to grab our backpacks and visit the bus station. Our bus was small and our trip about 1 hour and 10 minutes to get to Castrojeriz about 40 km away. We wanted to stop in Hornillos del Camino 20 km away but we couldn't reserve a bed and pilgrims the night before had complained they had to walk an extra 10 km to get a bed in Hontanas.

We had to spend 30 euros each for accommodations in Castrojeriz and tomorrow we will leave earlier to try and secure a bed in the municipale albergue in Fromista.Read more