Long walk to Hontanas

Hello everyone. I'm tired so will keep this mercifully short. The day started cold (40s) and it probably took us an hour to get truly outside Burgos. Before long, it had warmed up to the 60s, which was perfect weather for walking through the *meseta*--an arid farming region that offered similar views all day, with more of the same coming tomorrow.

Some highlights: happening upon a wedding party in Hornillos, and getting a special blessing and Miraculous Medal from two nuns in a beautiful little church (Ermita de la Virgen de Monasterio) outside of Rabé de la Calzada. We also were happy to see our Belgian friends in the town we are staying in tonight. And at dinner, we were seated with people from all over the world (Japan, Germany, Holland, Hungary), most of whom spoke at least a little English yet still we had a lot of Google Translate going on.

This was one of our two longest days--19 miles--and the back nine were relatively unpopulated with pilgrims (which was especially convenient when nature called). Glad we came further than usual as this is a cool little town. (Once again, the last couple miles was difficult because we didn't have a sight line to the town till the very end. ) Tomorrow will be 21 miles. We paced ourselves well and feel good so tomorrow should be no problemo.

Photos probably not super interesting as it is hard to capture the depth and breadth of the *sameness* of the landscape.Read more